The other day I was sitting, talking with a friend in the McDonalds play place watching our kids play when a young girl glided through the doors in her Elsa dress. This little girl was not merely dresses as Elsa from Frozen, she was Elsa. Here is the interesting thing. almost instantly, the other kids surrounded her. Because this girl knew she was Elsa, all the other kids knew she was Elsa as well. This little girl was a queen. Then I had an ah-ha moment. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon). When we are ready we go to the temple where we make sacred covenants with our Father in Heaven. In one of these ceremonies we receive the garment which we are asked to wear. The garment is rich in symbolic meanings and reminders. One can't help but think on this as they dress. You see at Baptism we are asked to take upon up the name of Christ. This is something we are to do daily as we strive to be his instrument and ambassador in our Heavenly Father's hands. One ternate of our religion that often separates us from the other Christian sects is that we believe our spirits lived with God before we came to Earth and after they die and after the resurrection we are assigned to a degree of Glory, the highest being the Celestial Kingdom. We believe that in the Celestial Kingdom we have the privilege to become like our Father. Having triumphed over our physical inclinations and limitations ad having grown through trial and sorrow we believe we will be given the opportunity to become Gods and Goddesses. That means that while we are here on this earth our goal is to come as close to perfection as we possibly can by constantly aligning our will with the Lord's as we strive to always be like him. We believe earth to be our probationary state in which we have the birthright to Celestial glory if it is earned by our valiance to our covenants and standards. So if my Father in Heaven is my King, then I am a princess I training with the birthright of becoming a queen. So, backtracking to Elsa, the little girl at McDonalds, I remembered and saw clearly in a new way that just as the little girl clothed herself in the raiment of Elsa to become a queen, so do I every morning, robe myself in white garments to be a Queen as well. I am a Child of God and a queen and I know it.
a more concise definition or garments: A representation of sacred covenants, it fosters modesty and becomes a shield and protection to the wearer.
