“Consecration is a covenant that moves us from asking how we can get our needs met to asking how we can bless and serve. We become more grateful.”- Goddard (Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage)
I
found it interesting that this week everything we read was slightly
different, but all tied in so beautifully. We read about an array of things which included:
- Marital conflict and the importance of solving our solvable problems
- Consecration
- Agency and anger
- Forgiveness
As I was reading I was thinking about how all of
those are so important in a marriage. No matter the marriage there will
be marriage problems, but if we are consecrated, and give everything we
have to our spouse we can surmount those problems.
When
we take the advice from Elder L.G. Robbins and apply that to our
marriage we will be able to work through our problems, even perpetual
ones. He says, “A cunning part of [Satan’s] strategy is to dissociate
anger from agency, making us believe that we are victims of an emotion
that we cannot control. . .The family is also Satan’s primary target. He
is waging war on the family. One of his schemes is the subtle and
cunning way he has of sneaking behind enemy lines and entering our very
homes and lives. He damages and often destroys families within the walls
of their own homes. His strategy is to stir up anger between
family members.” And he does such a good job! It is amazing to see how
easy it is for us to become angry with those we love most. If we can
learn to control our anger starting with our families we can win that
fight against Satan!
One
of the best ways to recover from anger is to forgive. I never realized
how important forgiveness is in marriage, until I got married. In a way
learning to change our way of arguing into soft start-ups rather than
harsh start-ups we are teaching ourselves to push aside the anger, be
humble, and forgive.
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