In the Book of Mormon, people often talk about their afflictions or their blessings in terms of their posterity. Nephi talks about the suffering he endures because he finds out that his seed will turn wicked and be destroyed. Lehi tells his children that they will be blessed because their descendants will learn of the gospel and be blessed. These men have a better eternal perspective than I have. I am generally focused on blessings or suffering as things that happen now and to me.
Then I started to think, if my ancestors look at me and the life I am living, do I cause them suffering or joy? Probably some of both. If I am going to the effort to bless them through temple ordinances, I should go to the effort to live a life that would make them feel joy.
