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 I find it interesting that Genesis 2: 24 not only speaks of cleaving, but it also addresses the need for a man to “leave his father and his mother.” In the …
Since the beginning of time, there has been a misunderstanding, or a misguided belief, that the husband is the head of the household and the one in control, while the wife has a lesser role and must “submit” to her husband. I’ve always found it interesting how Satan twists truth, despite the overwhelming evidence that …
If you are like me, then you married fully hoping to have a love and a marriage that would last forever. A forever marriage takes a lot work and requires a constant awareness in safeguarding it. In Doctrine and Covenants 42: 22 it states: “Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt …
“And now abideth faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity” (1 Corinthians 13:13). In H. Wallace Goddard’s book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage, he teaches of the great need for charity to be in our hearts and in our marriages. But what exactly is charity? I love that Dr. …
When a man and a woman join hands in marriage, they are covenanting/committing to each other all of their love with their whole heart and soul. In Dr. H. Wallace Goddard’s book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage, he refers to this as consecration in marriage. Dr. Goddard says that “marriage provides glorious opportunities to practice …
Think about the many decisions a marriage faces. Some decisions are big, and some are small, and some decisions are made every day, while other decisions are less frequent. There are countless decisions like courtship in marriage, parenting styles, children, household rules, religious worshiping, budgeting, chores, housing, employment, and even down to the simplest decisions …
Every day we make choices that will either turn us towards God or turn us away from Him. In Dr. H. Wallace Goddard’s book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage, he says, “Faith unto repentance means that we trust Jesus enough to turn our lives over to Him. We give up governance of our lives and …
No marriage is spared from adversity. Have you ever stopped to think that adversity actually plays an important part in God’s plan? According to H. Wallace Goddard, “afflictions are the process by which God cultivates growth” (Goddard, 2015, 37). He goes on to say that “since marriage is God’s finishing school, we should expect more …
Nobody goes into a marriage hoping that it will be miserable or worse, that it will fail and end in divorce. And yet, we know that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Why is this? I believe it comes down to behaviors and choices. John M. Gottman, known as the “Country’s foremost relationship expert,” …
As a young girl, I bought in “hook, line, and sinker,” to the idea of the Disney fairy tale that I would meet “the one,” fall in love, marry, and “live happily ever after.” Fairy tales always include an amazing story of adversity that leads up to that great moment of reaching that “happily ever …