{"id":33250,"date":"2026-09-23T13:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=33250"},"modified":"2026-09-23T21:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:11:32","slug":"perspective-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/perspective-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Saratoga Springs Utah Temple Completed\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vP4dhANwNKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since our temple is closed for some renovations, a friend and I have taken the opportunity to visit other temples. This week, we worshipped in the Saratoga Springs temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up at the base of the mountains in Utah Valley. From my home, school, and church, my view of the surrounding mountains was never complete, as my line of sight was blocked partially by trees or houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this temple, I could see those familiar mountains from a distant perspective, whole and complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, the temple offers a spiritual perspective that I can&#8217;t get anywhere else. With this more complete view of God&#8217;s plan, I also become whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since our temple is closed for some renovations, a friend and I have taken the opportunity to visit other temples. This week, we worshipped in the Saratoga Springs temple. I grew up at the base of the mountains in Utah Valley. From my home, school, and church, my view of the surrounding mountains was never &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/perspective-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Perspective<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-temple-and-family-history-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33250"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33264,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33250\/revisions\/33264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}