"Sacred spaces"- Temples have important significance, as well as "sacred vestments"- Clothing. Mormons wear sacred vestments next to their body, explained Patrick Mason, Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies and Interim Dean at Claremont Graduate University, representing a divine injunction that “we are literally clothed with divinity. … These garments give us daily reminders that our bodies are the most sacred thing that God has given us, so we should not only respect our bodies, but the bodies of others.”
Edina Lekovic, a consultant for the Muslim Public Affairs Council and formerly a national media spokeswoman for Muslims, said the outer garments that Muslims wear like the hijab — a scarf covering a woman's head and hair — not only denote modesty but a personal devotion to God and a witness of the Muslim faith. While the hijab has subjected Muslim women to violence and hate crimes, “when a woman wears a hijab she is showing courage.”
The deep, blue of the waters of Mormon (Guatemala, Mosiah 18:8-10) symbolize a solid individual, commitment to covenants- to come unto the fold of Christ , and hold a desire to covenant and serve him.
I appreciate this information, after reading this it helps me better understand the purpose for wearing these vestments. It helps me to remember when I put on these sacred vestments what I have covenanted with the Lord.
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