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Rules for a happy marriage:

• Forgive
• When times get rough,relax
• Find the lesson 
• Honour each other
• Show gratitude
• Stay present
• Assume the best 
• Be kind and generous
• Encourage and compliment 
• Don't bring up the past 
• Communicate & Trust 
• SAY I LOVE YOU 

God says “do not be afraid” or, “fear not” 365 times in the bible. He must be serious! … There are 365 days in a year, so he has one for every day. 


 “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Fear not; be not dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail or forsake you until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.” (I Chronicles 28:20)


Fear not. That is the message David had for his son, Solomon. For many years, David wanted to build a temple for the Lord. But God told Him that specific job belonged to his son, Solomon. Solomon was young and inexperienced, and even though he knew he had a mandate from God, he was intimidated by the prospect of building a great house of worship, one that would be a dwelling place for the Most High. Your can probably understand his apprehension. But his father David had some good advice for him. He told his son, “Forget your fear. God is bigger than your problems. He is bigger than the temple you are going to build. He is bigger than any adversity that you might face. So just get busy and do your part and God will do the rest.” 


 Perhaps as this new day approaches you have some changes that need to be made. Maybe you need a renovation in your marriage, finances, health, or emotions. Whatever your individual needs may be, notice the words of David, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you.”

Here are Harold B. Lee’s thoughts on marriage:

The ideal partner may not exist. The ideal man or woman of your dreams that you plan one day to select as your life's companion very likely really doesn't exist, although you may think so when you fall in love, for your ideal is probably a composite of the best qualities you have observed in any number of your choice associates.

Resolve to sacrifice for each other. If [young people] would resolve from the moment of their marriage, that from that time forth they would resolve and do everything in their power to please each other in things that are right, even to the sacrifice of their own pleasures, their own appetites, their own desires, the problem of adjustment in married life would take care of itself, and their home would indeed be a happy home. Great love is built on great sacrifice, and that home where the principle of sacrifice for the welfare of each other is daily expressed is that home where there abides a great love.

Wives and husbands need love to be happy. What is our relationship with our wife? Someone has said the opposite of love is not hate; the opposite of love is apathy. And I say to you brethren, the most dangerous thing that can happen between you and your wife or between me and my wife is apathy—not hate, but for them to feel that we are not interested in their affairs, that we are not expressing our love and showing our affection in countless ways. Women, to be happy, have to be loved and so do men. Someone has said that little children soon outgrow their love or their need for the love of a mother, but husbands never do. We need that, but we have to give love; we have to express love to our wives if we expect it in return.

Developing love in marriage takes effort. In answer to the teenage daughter who asked: "Mother, how do you fall in love?" the wise mother had answered: "My darling, you don't fall in love, you must keep working at it all the time." Yes, love is like faith, it isn't something you can capture today and it will remain with you always. It must be nurtured day after day by a husband who continues to "court" his wife after marriage by studiously trying to do the things that will make her happy. Someone has aptly said that "a woman happy with her husband was better for her children than a hundred books on child welfare." The flame of romantic desire in marriage is fanned each day by a wise companion who wins her man every day she lives with him. Marriages are not successful merely because these couples have fewer problems than others, but they are successful because, when problems come, as come they will, a husband and wife sit down together to solve their problems like grown-up, mature individuals, rather than with the immaturity of adolescence.

A wife should sustain her husband. Several years ago when Sister David O. McKay, the wife of our President, was in the hospital, I called to see her just after the President had been there, and she said in her sweet way, "You know, I think he misses me." And I replied, "I am sure he does." Then she said with a smile, "I have always tried to be where I thought he needed me the most." There you are, you sisters, try to be where you feel your husbands need you the most.

Wives, have your family prayers, even when you must take the lead. See that your husband takes the lead in that, if you can. See that he attends his priesthood meetings, that he responds to the call to do home teaching, and then do everything you can, lovingly and patiently, to help him to perform and magnify his duties".
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What springs to mind is: “As I have loved you, love one another” (John 14:15). That holds true for all relationships we have. The Saviour is our perfect example of how to love.

....and Spiritually Speaking: Be Grateful to be a Woman!: "Each of you should be grateful to be a woman! Self-pity is always a sad thing to see and especially when there is no justification for it....

Gordon B. Hinckley:
“You men who are husbands of wives, how great is your responsibility to be good men, to be good husbands! Never abuse your wives. Never abuse your children. But gather them in your arms and make them feel of your love and your appreciation and your respect. Be good husbands. Be good fathers. Don’t you ever forget that if you ever go to the highest degree of glory in the celestial kingdom, you will go hand in hand with your wife. You will not go alone. If you go, you will go together. She is a daughter of God, just as you are a son of God, and deserves the very best that you can give. Love, appreciate, and be true to the one you married”.

Read more: http://spirituallythinking.blogspot.com/2010/06/one-for-husbands.html#ixzz1l2whaceC

"A relationship that lasts is one with Christ in the center. Two people putting God first, seeking Him in every way possible, in order to be as good a spouse as one can be. It’s about trusting in one another and trusting God’s plan, that He will build your relationship into one that will last for eternity."

Thank You. For my life. For Your love. For the blessings that I have received. For every single day and every single moment. For my family and my friends. For taking care of them. For giving me the strength to go on in life. For NEVER leaving me. For NEVER hurting me. For sending Jesus to die FOR ME on the cross. For being the best - the ONLY - God that I adore. For creating me. For the tears that are in my eyes while I type this prayer. Thank You, Lord, for everything that You have given me. Thank You because despite of myself and my sins, YOU LOVE ME. Thank You because even if I have broken Your heart and did things I know I shouldn’t have way too many times, when I ask for forgiveness, I AM FORGIVEN. Thank You for letting me come across something which reminded me to thank You. I know I ask for a lot of things, and I ask more than I say thanks, so now I am taking the opportunity to THANK YOU and to remind every one else who will read this that we should all be grateful for Your wonderful love. Not just ask, ask, and ask.

I am your child and I want nothing else but to live my life on Earth teaching about Your greatness and to spend my eternity with You, not elsewhere.

And, above all Lord, thank You for loving me unconditionally. My life belongs to you, everything I have is Yours. I am Yours. Thank You.

Amen.

When I was a baby

1. He cried when he first saw me.

2. He bought me everything I needed.

3. He smiled when he first heard our first word

4. He never gave up teaching me the simplest things.

When I am a teenager

5. He works days and nights, and never complains.

6. He still buys me everything I need.

7. He is never mad when my report card is on fire,

He smiles and says, “You will do better than this.”

8. He supports me in everything I do.

9. He never says No

10. He still reminds me to have my breakfast, lunch and dinner so I’ll never skip them.

11. He sets my latest-hour to be out with my friends.

12. His smile makes me feel much better.

13. His hug can never be replaced by anyone else.

14. Even when he is tired, he still takes a moment of his time, goes to my room and sees me sleep.

15. He loves me for who I really am.

16. He keeps on calling when I don’t pick up the calls.

17. He never yells.

18. He never breaks his promises.

19. He is a good friend, someone whom you can tell your secrets too.

20. He never…. lets me down.

When I am a grown up

I know I can’t read mind, but I’m sure he’ll still do the same…

His love is everlasting and never-changing.

always know that:

I LOVE YOU PAPI.

Don’t ever leave me. Ever.

My dream is… having you to give me away in my own wedding. And i'm glad that my dream comes true.Thank You Pap.You're the best!

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1).

There’s a right time and a wrong time to do everything. In John 12:1-8, while the Lord Jesus was in the house of Lazarus, Mary anointed His feet with her precious ointment of spikenard and wiped them with her hair. When eyebrows were raised about her action, Jesus made it known that she did it just in time. He said: “…Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this…” (John 12:7-8).

It pays to know the voice of God and respond promptly when He speaks. It pays to do what He wants you to do when He wants it done. Learn to do the right thing at the right time.