In a world where the family is constantly being attacked and marriage is being
compromised, we have to do our part to preserve our families. In the midst of
gathering evil, there are a couple of things that we can do to make sure our
families make it.
Growing up, I always thought
that marriage was so easy and I never understood why so many marriages ended in
divorce. Now that I have grown up and have been married for 4 years now, I
realize that marriage is really hard and it takes a lot of work! One thing that
I know helps us to preserve our family and our marriage is relying on the Lord.
When we were first married we heard about the Marriage Triangle.
As you can see, the closer
you both draw to Heavenly Father, the closer you come together as husband and
wife. When my husband and I heard of this, we decided that this is exactly what
we would do. I know that as we as husband and wife draw closer to God, our
relationship with each other will be so much better. In turn, that relationship
will then affect our children. I have noticed that husbands and wives who have
good relationships with each other, also have good relationships with their
children.
Another thing that we can do
to preserve our families is making sure that we do all the little things. This
would include; holding family prayer and scripture study, FHE, and regular
church attendance. These little things will keep the spirit in your home and in
your hearts. It’s not always an easy task, but I know that as we do it, we will
reap the blessings for the rest of our lives.
After all this, if someone
came up to me and asked me what I thought about the Church’s position on
divorce, I would have a couple things to say. The first one would be that I
personally don’t believe in divorce. I think there are few reasons to leave
someone that you committed your life and eternity to and all others can be
worked out. Elder Faust talked about “just cause” for getting a divorce. He
stated that only the couple themselves can decide what that reason is, but not
matter what they choose they have to bear the responsibility of that. I don’t
personally think that divorce is a good thing, but at the same time if someone
is in a marriage that is not happy and they have tried to work it out then I
wouldn’t say that it’s a bad choice either. However, whatever a couple decides
it is their decision and they shouldn’t be judged for that.
I
will do everything I can to make sure that my family is happy and safe. I am
committed to making sure that I do the little things every day to make sure
that my marriage is the best that it can be. That’s not to say that we won’t
have bad days sometimes, but if we are doing everything that we can to draw
closer to God then we will have more good days than bad days.
