Week 2 - Having a Healthy Marriage

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.