Reflections of a Child

Osmosis Have you ever heard of Jim Rohn’s “Law of Average?” This Law simply states that you become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Another similar law is the law of Osmosis. A definition of Osmosis is “the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.” The common principle that underlies both of these concepts is this; You become like what you surround yourself with. This applies in our social lives as well as in chemistry, but frankly it doesn’t have much to do with my topic. I just needed to start with something. What makes something a Temple? We are incredibly blessed to live in an area which is so full of Temples of the Lord. We have a pretty good idea of what temples are and what they do. But what makes these beautiful pieces of architecture Houses of the Lord? To help us more fully understand what makes a temple a temple, we need to look to scriptural words. When we talk about temples in the scriptures, the first ...