"to the sweetest heart...from the one who holds it close."
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Our son was in town this week. We all went to dinner and it was wonderful. I worry about our boy. I know he understands the pain of all we went through, but I worry that he doesn't understand how Satan can get a foothold if we are not vigilant. He and his wife have both voiced the question "How do two people who loved each other once end up in divorce." There are so many reasons. We can simplify it to selfishness but still there is so much more. I told my son that the number one thing he can do to make sure his marriage survives is to "come unto Him" every single day. And not just (as Jeffrey Holland says) "obliquely" but with a true desire to know Him and know his will. As I wrote in a recent post He knows EVERYTHING. He will guide you. protect you, warn you, strengthen you and even help you trust and forget.
I am preparing to teach an institute lesson on true love. I came across this:
"If a person's attitudes and feelings have grown out of a commitment to Christ and faith in his teachings, then the influence those attitudes and feelings will have on marital adjustment are profound. If the power of the gospel motivates a person, he will approach the adjustments of marriage with inner strength that will help to smooth out adjustments and build a happy marriage. The gospel foundation will not eliminate the problems and conflicts, but it will profoundly influence how they will be handled." Joe J. Christensen
The thing is that if one is trying to live by the spirit and is really coming unto Christ with a deeply sincere heart I really believe he/she will be led when moments of doubt, confusion, despair come to his/her life. I also know that when I really needed strength and guidance I made some minor course corrections that had a huge impact on my ability to receive the divine guidance and healing I so desperately needed. Truly it is by small and simple things that great things are brought to pass.
A few weeks ago we had our Stake Women's Conference. Having been released a year ago it was the first I would attend in 10 years that I had not been a member of the Stake RS presidency. I was surprised that as I was preparing to attend I was rather emotional. When I arrived I saw on the program a section entitled "Testimonies of Sisters"
I was overcome. I knew I had to share mine! I tried to talk myself out of it but felt strongly that I must do so. They had mics in the audience so sisters wouldn't have to go to the stand. When I stood up a sister approached me with a mic. I waved her off and whispered "I have to go up there" indicating the stand. I looked out over the sisters I so dearly love and reminded them that I had, for 8 years, hounded them with the same thing. It seems too simple to some and seems to defy all logic that such a seemingly simple thing could heal deep wounds but I know the answer is always the same "Come Unto Him!" That is the answer. He is the answer. Oh, how I love Him.
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