The Eternal Blessings of Marriage - Part Two

Good Morning or Good Afternoon or Good Evening, this post should take up to five minutes to read. 

This post focuses on April 2011 General Conference talk, and it is called "The Eternal Blessings of Marriage" by Elder Richard G. Scott. This post is part two. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk. 

Elder Scott has mentioned the following; 

"Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage. It is the primary cause of contented, well-developed children. ... What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully plants and lovingly cultivates in the fertile soil of a child’s trusting mind and heart? 

As a mother you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities. With your husband you can nurture, strengthen, and cause those traits to flower. It is so rewarding to be married. Marriage is wonderful. 

... You have times when you are extremely happy, times of testing, and times of trial, but the Lord guides you through all of those growth experiences together. ... Jeanene’s kindness taught me so many valuable things. ... Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. 

I think one of the reasons that we are counseled to get married early in life is to avoid developing inappropriate character traits that are hard to change. I feel sorry for any man who hasn’t yet made the choice to seek an eternal companion, and my heart weeps for the sisters who haven’t had the opportunity to marry. 

Some of you may feel lonely and unappreciated and cannot see how it will be possible for you to have the blessings of marriage and children or your own family. All things are possible to the Lord, and He keeps the promises He inspires His prophets to declare. 

Eternity is a long time. Have faith in those promises and live to be worthy of them so that in His time the Lord can make them come true in your life. With certainty, you will receive every promised blessing for which you are worthy. ... I know what it is to love a daughter of Father in Heaven who with grace and devotion lived the full feminine splendor of her righteous womanhood. ..."

If you would like to read the whole talk either now or in your own time, here is the link below.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2011/04/the-eternal-blessings-of-marriage

Stay Tuned until next time.