- The Lord has commanded husbands and wives to be one.
Q? What does it mean for a husband and wife to be one?
Q" At the creation of man and woman, unity for them in marriage was not given as hope; it was a command! ‘Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh’ (Genesis 2:24). Our Heavenly Father wants our hearts to be knit together. That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity”
- Husbands and Wives should value eachother as equal partners
Q? Why must husbands and wives value one another as equal partners to be one?
Q? What are some things husbands and wives do when they value each other as equal partners?
Q" “As a husband and worthy priesthood bearer, you will want to emulate the example of the Savior, whose priesthood you hold. You will make giving of self to wife and children a primary focus of your life." Boyd K Packer
- Husbands and Wives should allow their individual characteristics and abilities to complete one another
Read 1 Corinthians 11:11
Q" “In the Lord’s plan, it takes two—a man and a woman—to form a whole. … For the greatest happiness and productivity in life, both husband and wife are needed. Their efforts interlock and are complementary. Each has individual traits that best fit the role the Lord has defined for happiness as a man or woman. When used as the Lord intends, those capacities allow a married couple to think, act, and rejoice as one—to face challenges together and overcome them as one, to grow in love and understanding, and through temple ordinances to be bound together as one whole, eternally. That is the plan."
Q? In what ways might the results be different when couples try to “get used to each other” rather than “constantly try to change each other”?
- Husbands and Wives must be loyal to one another.
Q? What does the word loyal mean to you?
Read Doctrine and Covenants 42:22
Q? What does it mean to cleave to a husband or wife and none else?
Q" “The words none else eliminate everyone and everything. The spouse then becomes preeminent in the life of the husband or wife, and neither social life nor occupational life nor political life nor any other interest nor person nor thing shall ever take precedence over the companion spouse” (Faith Precedes the Miracle [1972])
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Owen made a comment in class today about the idea of a love tank and how differently we behave and perceive interactions with the world based on how full that tank is at that moment.
Last week the resevoir that supplies this part of the city with water ran dry. That happened because the pump broke and it was no longer being re-filled througout the day as it normally should.
When was the last time you checked the level of your husband or wife's tank? Are you pumping adequate ammounts in?
Day to day life is really mentally and emotionally trying at times and we are constantly drawing from that resevoir of reassurance from feeling loved. This may be because a boss came down hard on you, because a friend disappointed you, because your body is changing and you are feeling uncomfortable with it (Wade, that comment is for all the husbands of pregnant women). It doesn't really matter what drains the tank so much as that the deposits into it are larger than the ammounts flowing out. So I ask again, how much is left in your spouses love tank today and how much will they need tomorrow?
Loving the blog - thanks Dan for setting it up. The lesson last Sunday was awesome, and it's given me lots to think about. I love the analogy of the love tank. I've been working on that, but it's amazing how fast the reserves get used up on each of our love tanks. Has anyone else noticed that?! When stressors come in - (like finding mold in the basement for example), it's crazy how fast all the previous wonderful words, sweet experiences, and other loving acts that filled our tanks were used up! Sometimes I think we're so busy stealing each other's fuel, that it's just spilling all over the place! So in the end we're left with 2 empty tanks. It just reminds me how important it is to fill each other up, so our spouse have no doubt how much we love them, even though we may say really stupid things in the middle of a crisis - Not that I would really know - I'm just thinking it's possible :)
Anyone know a mold expert?! Hehe.
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