Becoming One

General Conference is held the first weekends in April and October. Members from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meet and listen to prophets and apostles who give us direction. One of my favorite apostles to listen to is Henry B Eyring. His words are beautiful, powerful and moving. In April of 1998 he gave an talk titled That We May Be One. If you want to listen or read it go here. 

In his address he talks about how we are not meant to be alone. From the beginning God knew that we would need to have a partner in order to learn and grow. After God created Adam he wanted a help-meet for him so he created Eve. Adam and Eve were the first married couple in the history of our planet. They are an example to every married couple. 

"Our Heavenly Father wants our hearts to be knit together. 

That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity."

Henry B. Eyring

God put us on this Earth to tested and to be able to become like Him. He wants us to learn to be 

• kind
• charitable
• loving
• selfless
• humble
• forgiving
• thoughtful
• meek
• patient 
• willing to sacrifice

Just as Adam and Eve had their trials (being cast out from the garden of Eden, having one of their sons kill the other) we will too have to go through trials. How we go through them can knit our hearts together or tear them apart. How we turn to each other and work together in harmony, set aside our pride and allow our spouse to influence us and then together turn to the Lord and ask for His guidance in what we are to do, will help us as partners to become one. We have to turn to the Lord to accomplish this. We have to let Him in and be apart of our lives. President Eyring teaches:

 Where people have that Spirit with them, we may expect harmony. The Spirit puts the testimony of truth in our hearts, which unifies those who share that testimony. The Spirit of God never generates contention (see 3 Ne. 11:29). It never generates the feelings of distinctions between people which lead to strife. It leads to personal peace and a feeling of union with others. It unifies souls. A unified family, a unified Church, and a world at peace depend on unified souls.

We have to have the spirit with us in order to truly be of one heart. Doing this takes effort. It is the easy day to day, week to week, month to month things that will keep us as one. Reading our scriptures, studying the words of the prophets, praying together, FHE (family home evening), taking the sacrament, attending the temple, serving our spouse, speaking kind words, praying for each others needs. It really comes down to the person that we are. The more Christ-like characteristics we develop in ourselves the closer we become to truly being one with our spouse and with the Lord.

  

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