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Great V-Day gift

on February 13, 2009

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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