This was an email sent by our Provident Living Leader at Church. Thought it was very appropriate and wanted to share it with all of you.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Just a small portion of an article By H. Wallace Goddard, LDS author and professor of Family Life at the Arkansas University. Thought I would share it as a Provident Living Spiritual Preparedness item! For Valentine's Day. A priceless Gift! Make a list of your partner's positive qualities . . . Memorize this list and think about how much harder life would be without these positives. When you find yourself following a critical train of thought about your mate, use elements from the list to interrupt your thinking. Make a habit of this process (this is the preparedness part) and the change can be [a] dramatic . . . "rethinking" [of] your marriage. (Gottman, p.183) Good marriages are not built so much on "honesty," disclosure, and frankness as they are built on kindness, patience, and love -- just as the Lord has always said: A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you , that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (John 13:34-35) When we have learned to love as Jesus loves, we are likely to rejoice in our marriage partner.
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