This is real!

I went on the ward temple trip today.  As always, it was a wonderfully peaceful experience.  Something else happened today though.  It was only for a moment, but I remember just getting an interesting feeling... it wasn't super strong, and it's kind of hard to describe...  In the Church we frequently talk about life after mortality, but I think we don't very often think about what that life is going to be like.  What will it be like to live for an eternity surrounded by our loved ones and in the presence of our Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ?  The brief feeling I had was almost like comprehending for the first time in a long time that it really is going to happen one day.  We live our lives, constantly thinking about what we should or shouldn't do, but I realized that I don't think nearly as often about how my choices are going to affect my life after mortality as I do about how they will affect my mortal life.  But the temple, the commandments, and the entire Gospel are not just for our benefit during this life, but also the hereafter!

This is real!  That's what I felt, for just an instant.  I felt like I knew that our Heavenly Father's Plan of Happiness is really real; that there really is something to look forward to after this life!  I'd always believed it before, but during that moment, it seemed more focused and easier to see.  I can't explain it better than that, and it passed quickly, leaving me feeling back to normal, if a tad bit dazed.  However, I knew I'd felt something special, and I know it was a testimony that our Heavenly Father really does have a plan for His children!