If our bodies are sick, we seek to heal them. We do not give up. The same thing should be true of our marriages.
Interpretation
Just as we seek to heal our sick bodies, we should also strive to improve and heal our marriages.
Dallin H. Oaks emphasizes the importance of treating our marriages with the same urgency and dedication that we apply to our physical health. When facing challenges in a relationship, rather than giving up, we must actively work to understand and remedy the issues, fostering growth and healing in our partnerships.
In practice
In a marriage counseling session, this quote could be used to encourage couples to actively work on their relationship.
Tolerance obviously requires a non-contentious manner of relating toward one another’s differences. But tolerance does not require abandoning one’s standards or one’s opinions on political or public policy choices. Tolerance is a way of reacting to diversity, not a command to insulate it from examination.
I testify of our Savior, Jesus Christ, whose teachings and example we seek to follow. He invites all of us who are heavy laden to come unto Him, to learn of Him, to follow Him, and thus to find rest to our souls.
The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents.
We should refrain from anything that seems to be a final judgment of any person...the Lord alone has the capacity to judge...And, in all of this we must remember the command to forgive.
Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ... Man cannot earn his own salvation.
In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.
And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.
I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.
And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.
Unlike the sale of a commodity, the giving of a gift tends to establish a relationship between the parties involved. When gifts circulate within a group, their commerce leaves a series of interconnected relationships in its wake, and a kind of decentralized cohesiveness emerges.
Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a nice thing, even amusing, like enjoying a candy. But in the end, it fills the heart with bitterness, and even poisons us.
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