Is there only one person for each of us? No, I don't think so. I don't think that there is only one person meant for each of us. I think that there is definitely more than one "perfect person" for each of us. We had a zone conference before our mission president was released and he did a kind of mini exit interview. He was talking to us about "the one". He told us that there could be this really special girl or boy in our lives and we would be totally in love. But one day, something could happen to them before the opportunity to be sealed could happen, and they die. What do we do then? We move on over time, and we meet someone else. We fall in love with them and we get sealed and we can have the chance to live happily ever after.
So to answer the question of only one person who is perfect for us, no. There are more than one person who is perfect for us. Heavenly Father put lots of people who have lots in common with us and we with them. We need to pray and make sure that they are the person that we want to spend eternity with. We need to make sure that for us, this is what we need and what we want. Things can change and people can change.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 2016
The Family!
Currently, I am taking a class all about the family. We have been learning and researching so many things about the family, our Heavenly Father's plan for our family, why the family is so important, and so many other things.
We have been talking a lot about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." In this amazing proclamation, our beloved prophet and the apostles talk to us about the many things that are a challenge to the family unit. We learn that each of us were made in the image of our Father in Heaven. We look just like him, because just as we learned in Genesis 1:27, "...In the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." We learn that we are the beloved spirit son or daughter of loving heavenly parents, who have created a divine nature and a divine destiny for each of us. They love us so much and we love them too.
In the pre-mortal realm, we knew and we worshipped God as our Eternal Father, we accepted his plan to come to this earth to gain a physical body and gain the earthly experience that each of us need "to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize our divine destiny as heirs of eternal life."
The first commandment that our Father in Heaven gave to Adam and Eve was to "multiply and replenish the earth." This commandment still remains in full force as it is important to our eternal life. It is further declared that "...God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife." It is affirmed of the sanctity of life and the importance that life has in God's eternal plan.
In the proclamation, we learn the outline of the family and the responsibility that a man and a woman have. A "husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children... Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live." We have a solemn responsibility and a sacred duty to our children. It is solemn and it is sacred. How can we or anybody ignore that it is solemn and it is so sacred to be parents of God's little children. We are promised that we as mothers and fathers, "will be held accountable before God for the discharge of our sacred obligations.
"The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan." We have a sacred duty to attend to our responsibilities that we agreed to before we came to this life. We agreed to have children someday. We agreed that we would help take care of them for time and all eternity. It matters that we uphold our side of our promise with God. We have sacred responsibilities and we are obligated to help one another as equal partners.
I believe in marriage for eternity. I know that through the sacred sealing power, I can be with my family for not only time, but I can be with them for eternity too. I know that marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman, who are legally married. I know that children are sent here, so that we can help them learn and know of our Father in Heaven and to be taught of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I know that we have a solemn responsibility and a sacred duty to our Heavenly Father's children. I know that the church is true. I have a testimony of these things because I have prayed about them and I have learned for myself that this is how God wants things.
We have been talking a lot about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." In this amazing proclamation, our beloved prophet and the apostles talk to us about the many things that are a challenge to the family unit. We learn that each of us were made in the image of our Father in Heaven. We look just like him, because just as we learned in Genesis 1:27, "...In the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." We learn that we are the beloved spirit son or daughter of loving heavenly parents, who have created a divine nature and a divine destiny for each of us. They love us so much and we love them too.
In the pre-mortal realm, we knew and we worshipped God as our Eternal Father, we accepted his plan to come to this earth to gain a physical body and gain the earthly experience that each of us need "to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize our divine destiny as heirs of eternal life."
The first commandment that our Father in Heaven gave to Adam and Eve was to "multiply and replenish the earth." This commandment still remains in full force as it is important to our eternal life. It is further declared that "...God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife." It is affirmed of the sanctity of life and the importance that life has in God's eternal plan.In the proclamation, we learn the outline of the family and the responsibility that a man and a woman have. A "husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children... Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live." We have a solemn responsibility and a sacred duty to our children. It is solemn and it is sacred. How can we or anybody ignore that it is solemn and it is so sacred to be parents of God's little children. We are promised that we as mothers and fathers, "will be held accountable before God for the discharge of our sacred obligations.
"The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan." We have a sacred duty to attend to our responsibilities that we agreed to before we came to this life. We agreed to have children someday. We agreed that we would help take care of them for time and all eternity. It matters that we uphold our side of our promise with God. We have sacred responsibilities and we are obligated to help one another as equal partners.I believe in marriage for eternity. I know that through the sacred sealing power, I can be with my family for not only time, but I can be with them for eternity too. I know that marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman, who are legally married. I know that children are sent here, so that we can help them learn and know of our Father in Heaven and to be taught of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I know that we have a solemn responsibility and a sacred duty to our Heavenly Father's children. I know that the church is true. I have a testimony of these things because I have prayed about them and I have learned for myself that this is how God wants things.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
The Relationship Attachment Model.
The Relationship Attachment Model or RAM, consists of 5 different parts-Commit, Know, Trust, Rely, and Touch. Our author, felt that it was very important to have a very good balance between these 5 things. And I agree.
As we discussed in a marriage class that I took last year, a person has to start off somewhere, before they decide to go farther in other areas. It is always good to find a good balance between them, but starting out with having a lot of Touch, can be an issue. We talked about how important it is to know and trust somebody before you commit to them. After getting to know you and them getting to know you, you can gain a mutual trust between each other, that sooner than later, will gain a commitment for the both of you. Once you have gained a knowledge of each other, you trust each other, and you have decided to make a commitment to each other, you start to heavily rely on each other. And last but not least, after you have gotten to know each other, you have that trust and that commitment to one another now, and you rely on them, that is when touch should begin to start happening.
Something that I find important is when somebody can go through an entire relationship before marriage and not ever once touch the other person, for their own personal desires and gratification. This shows so much love that these two people must have towards each other. Some people start their relationship out with touch, and lots of times they regret this for their entire life.
As we discussed in a marriage class that I took last year, a person has to start off somewhere, before they decide to go farther in other areas. It is always good to find a good balance between them, but starting out with having a lot of Touch, can be an issue. We talked about how important it is to know and trust somebody before you commit to them. After getting to know you and them getting to know you, you can gain a mutual trust between each other, that sooner than later, will gain a commitment for the both of you. Once you have gained a knowledge of each other, you trust each other, and you have decided to make a commitment to each other, you start to heavily rely on each other. And last but not least, after you have gotten to know each other, you have that trust and that commitment to one another now, and you rely on them, that is when touch should begin to start happening.
Something that I find important is when somebody can go through an entire relationship before marriage and not ever once touch the other person, for their own personal desires and gratification. This shows so much love that these two people must have towards each other. Some people start their relationship out with touch, and lots of times they regret this for their entire life.
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