Sacred.

I love the feeling of being somewhere that is so sacred. I love the peace that I feel when I am there. I love the serenity. I love the love and joy that fills my heart and soul. For me, I have realized that I have multiple places that are sacred. I have the temple, which is the house of the Lord. I have my home in Vegas which means so much to me. I also have South Carolina, a place I lived and served the Lord for a mere 18 months. And lastly, I have this place.

Some people might wonder why on earth the treatment center I absolutely loathed and faced my worst fears in would be so sacred to me, but there are SO many reasons. Mainly, in the years I was in treatment, this is where I came to truly know Him.

The Center for Change is a symbol of my eating disorder I fought for fourteen years. It is the place where I fell on my knees multiple times a day to bear my soul to my Father in Heaven. It is the place where I cried out in my heart to my Savior Jesus Christ to strengthen me and to carry me through. It's the place where I realized that the only time my mind was at peace was when I was praying to my Father or reading my Saviors words through His scriptures and teachings. He truly has "healing in His wings." It is where I overcame some of my most traumatic experiences and began the process of truly learning to love myself for who I am and allowed myself to be vulnerable for the first time in my life. This place is sacred to me because my eating disorder is where I truly came to know Him, my Savior. And I am eternally thankful for that every single day of my life.

I realized that the reason why the temple, my home, and South Carolina are all so sacred to me as well is exactly the same. In all those places I fell on my knees in prayer to God. In all of those places I pleaded with the Lord to help me get through the trials ahead. In all of those places I cried out and bore my soul for Them to hear me and my prayers for not only myself but for others. In all those places I learned what true charity was and learned how to selflessly serve. That is why these places are so unbelievably sacred to me. 

I have come to realize that we can make ANY place sacred as long as Christ is at the center of all that we do. He is the way, the truth, and the light. I am so unbelievably thankful for Him and my Father in Heaven in allowing such places to be this way for me.