"Fidelity to one's marriage vows is absolutely essential for love,
trust, and peace. Adultery is unequivocally condemned by the
Lord.
"Husbands and wives who love each other will find that love
and loyalty are reciprocated. This love will provide a nurturing atmosphere
for the emotional growth of children. Family life should be a time of
happiness and joy that children can look back on with fond memories and
associations."
"The crowning temple ordinance is available only to a man and a woman
when they are sealed together, forming an eternal family unit. It is by
virtue of this and all other priesthood ordinances that the families of the
earth shall be blessed (see Abraham 2:11). This sealing ordinance is so
central to the Lord's purposes that He has promised to the faithful who
are not sealed in this life through no fault of their own this blessing in
the life to come. No other doctrine in all of religion better confirms
God's commensurate love for both His sons and His
daughters."
Family Life Home & Family Living
To make The Family: A Proclamation to the World lives in the hearts and minds of students.
"You women, be good women, be good mothers. Be kind and gracious and
generous. Strengthen your children with your faith and your testimony. Lift
them up. Help them to walk through the troubled ways of the world as they
grow in this very difficult age. Support, sustain, uphold, and bless your
husbands with your love and your encouragement; and the Lord will bless
you. Bless them with kindness
and reach out to them every good way that you can. You may have a lot to put up with, but it is all worth it."
President George Bush
re: Marriage!
Marriage is the most enduring and important
human institution, honored and encouraged
in all cultures and by every religious faith.
Ages of experience have taught us that the
commitment of a husband and a wife to love
and to serve one another promotes the welfare
of children and the stability of society. More
Marriage has been a universal institution.
One Heart's Board Member, Dr. Allan Carlson, states, “Viewed historically, marriage has been a universal institution, found in every known human society, and focused first on the procreation and rearing of children…The historical record, common sense and social science all affirm that children do best when they are born into and reared by a family composed of their two natural parents bound in marriage.”
"A prime goal of marriage and family law should be to identify new ways to support marriage as a social institution, so that each year more children are protected by the loving marital unions of their mother and father," they say. I would state it even more emphatically. It must be more than "a prime goal," it must be the goal. The very future of society, and therefore the future of our children and grandchildren, depends upon it.
Sharon Slater
UnitedFamilies.org
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Declining birthrates threaten the future of Europe. “The Irish understand that abortion contributes to national suicide. Europeans should be thinking of ways to encourage marriage, child-birth and family life, rather than indulging in their narcissistic infatuation with an atomized individualism”…by elitists who think they know what’s best for the people.”
Jacobs...World Congress of Families
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Marriage and The Family!
By: Mitt Romney
MARRIAGE is ordained of God!
Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.
Marriage MUST come before Children because every child is entitled to a
Mother AND a Father!
American Mothers
Nominees are well respected, devoted mothers who interact in a positive manner on a family, spiritual, community, and civic basis.
"You women, be good women, be good mothers. Be kind and gracious and
generous. Strengthen your children with your faith and your testimony. Lift
them up. Help them to walk through the troubled ways of the world as they
grow in this very difficult age. Support, sustain, uphold, and bless your
husbands with your love and your encouragement; and the Lord will bless
you. What ever religion you are, bless them with kindness
and reach out to them every good way that you can.
It may be a long time before they die and you may have a lot to put up with, but if that
happens, you will think it is all worth it."
"In His grand design, when God first created man, He created a duality
of the sexes. The ennobling expression of that duality is found in
marriage. One individual is complementary to the other. As Paul stated,
'Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the
man, in the Lord'
(1 Corinthians 11:11).
"There is no other
arrangement that meets the divine purposes of the Almighty. Man and woman
are His creations. Their duality is His design. Their complementary
relationships and functions are fundamental to His purposes. One is
incomplete without the other."
"Fidelity to one's marriage vows is absolutely essential for love,
trust, and peace. Adultery is unequivocally condemned by the
Lord.
"Husbands and wives who love each other will find that love
and loyalty are reciprocated. This love will provide a nurturing atmosphere
for the emotional growth of children. Family life should be a time of
happiness and joy that children can look back on with fond memories and
associations."
The Lord said, 'Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and
shalt cleave unto her and none else' . To my knowledge there
is only one other thing in all scripture that we are commanded to love with
all our hearts, and that is God Himself. Think what that means! . .
"What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means
to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. Surely
when you love your wife with all your heart, you cannot demean her,
criticize her, find fault with her, or abuse her by words, sullen behavior,
or actions.
"What does it mean to 'cleave unto her'? It
means to stay close to her, to be loyal and faithful to her, to communicate
with her, and to express your love for her.
"Love means being
sensitive to her feelings and needs. She wants to be noticed and treasured.
She wants to be told that you view her as lovely and attractive and
important to you. Love means putting her welfare and self-esteem as a
high priority in your life." | THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
By: Katie Ferrell (an intern!)
When I got married, I expected my marriage to be a piece of cake. Everyone
kept giving me advice on how to handle differences that would come our way.
I was even told that the couple who bathes together stays together. This
didn't phase me at all. I knew that our marriage would be different….why,
because. I was majoring in Marriage, Family, and Human Development, so
therefore I was prepared to handle these types of crises that would come our
way. We had also known each other for five years before we got married, and
so there were no secrets in our relationship at all. Everything was going to
be perfect and the sooner my husband realizes this, the better off we will
be. I quickly realized that there were no secrets, only differences
that we had to work around.
The book, "Saving Your Marriage before it
Starts", states that "Good communication is built first on who you are and only
later on what you do. Before practicing on communication techniques,
couples must work on who they are as people." There are many ways that we
can all work on the qualities that we possess and I will not point fingers
because I need help as well. Here are some resources that you might use to
improve your own marriage.
<http://www.utahmarriage.org>
Man Of The Year Awards?
Third place goes to the man who takes his wife on a Sunday Afternoon ride:
Second Place goes to the real outdoors kind of guy providing for his wife:
The first place winner of the Man Of The Year goes to the man who proves
"men are men".
(Thanks to: Gil Howe)
"An eternal marriage is eternal. Eternal implies continuing growth and
improvement. It means that man and wife will honestly try to perfect
themselves. It means that the marriage relationship is not to be
frivolously discarded at the first sign of disagreement or when times get
hard. It signifies that love will grow stronger with time and that it
extends beyond the grave. It means that each partner will be blessed with
the company of the other partner forever and that problems and differences
might as well be resolved because they are not going to go away. Eternal
signifies repentance, forgiveness, long-suffering, patience, hope,
charity, love, and humility. All of these things are involved in anything
that is eternal, and surely we must learn and practice them if we intend to
claim an eternal marriage."
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