Temporary

1. Definition:
1. 1828: adjective [Latin temporarius.] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief. There is a temporary cessation of hostilities. There is a temporary supply of provisions. In times of great danger, Rome appointed a temporary dictator.
1. Time (moment)
2. Limited (insubstantial)
1. Temporary things are things that don’t last. The exist only for a short or limited time.
2. Quotes:
1. “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” (Ben Franklin)
1. Temporary things are dangerous to place value on. If you give up essential things for their temporary counterparts, you will end up with neither.
2. “Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning.” (John C. Maxwell)
1. In contrast, if you give up temporary things, or give up non-essential things temporarily, then you will end up in a better place than you were before.
3. Scriptures:
1. “For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.” (3 Nephi 22 7-8)
1. Sometimes we will lose important things, essential things. But if we have faith, then we will only lose them temporarily.
4. Personal Definition:

Temporary things are not essential things. If we place too much trust in temporary or unfounded things, then we will lose more than we gained. But if we have faith, then we will keep the essential things, and we will lose the unnecessary things.