A Christ Centered Marriage

          Within any marriage, normally towards the beginning of the marriage, it is easy to recognize faults not only in yourself, but also in your spouse. These little faults can range from little things like not putting the dirty dishes away, to bigger things like aggression or lack of communication. Regardless, these faults are the responsibility of the person who possess them to improve for the sake of their marriage. At no point should either partner in a marriage expect the other to change completely as a person (you should know who you married), but I do think it is fair for compromises to be made in order to assure a happy marriage.           I have not been married for very long (almost two years), but I have seen the importance of this in my marriage so far. My husband is six years older than me and had a lot of time on his own to develop his own way of living lif...

          I was fortunate enough to marry into a family where my in-laws are very pleasant and loving people. From the moment my husband and I started dating, I developed a very good relationship with them and really enjoyed being in their company. I began dating my husband in Rexburg and he is originally from Idaho Falls. For those of you who don’t know, Idaho Falls is just a short 25 minute drive from Rexburg. We would go there every Sunday for dinner with his family and, normally, another time during the week to do some kind of activity. I didn’t mind at all and really enjoyed having a family unity there since my family was 500 miles away in Las Vegas.            When my husband and I got married, the relationship with them did not change. They were still loving, not overbearing, and gave us our space. The only thing I noticed was the number of times my husband would...

Feeling united in this life can seem like a daunting task even for those that appear to others to be in healthy, stable relationships. We have seen the separation that even our own, democratic society has currently and the unhealthy and disappointing divide it has caused since being created. President Eyring could not have explained it better when he stated the following: “All of us have felt something of both union and separation. Sometimes in families and perhaps in other settings we have glimpsed life when one person put the interests of another above his or her own, in love and with sacrifice. And all of us know something of the sadness and loneliness of being separate and alone. We don’t need to be told which we should choose. We know. But we need hope that we can experience unity in this life and qualify to have it forever in the world to come. And we need to know how that great blessing will come so that we can know what we must do.” Having health...