David Journal

Tag: marriage

  • Nothing there

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    It feels important to record this state. For many weeks now I have felt that Laura no longer seems to care at all about our marriage—like she has again emotionally divorced herself from me. She’s done this a couple of times in the last two years but in the previous iterations she could say least…

  • Reasons

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    Not for the first time, Laura is unhappy that I am not complimentary enough and don’t take notice of her successes. There are few claims a person could make that would have more validity than that. On the other hand, in context that is no indictment on Laura -simply an evidence of my own brokenness.…

  • In Praise of Those Who Save

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    While there may be value in decluttering our lives of things, when it comes to things of eternal importance {we should cling to what we have whenever possible}. Sometimes as the days pile up together since people begin to start thinking less of their spouse and more of themselves. Great marriages are built brick by…

  • Polygamy

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    Polygamy when practiced long enough in any imperfect society will devolve into consistently breaking the hearts of wives and losing the confidence of children. There have been times and places where the Lord has commanded it and I think it has consistently been practiced and accepted after it was commanded in those societies but it…

  • Why Marriage, Why Family

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    This sounds like a really good talk on marriage. I’m busy parenting so I can only listen tangentially. Even if you aren’t able to have the ideal circumstances (not being married or unable to have children) everyone can contribute to the building of succeeding generations.

  • The Plan of Happiness

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    Why is it that President Packer addressees issues of sexuality and sexual expression so often? Part of me wonders if it because he has nothing to lose in the way of popularity. Maybe it’s just that he has a clear vision of this topic and what mankind needs to hear about it today.

  • Eternal perspective on eternal marriage

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    Heavenly Father has a vested interest in eternal marriage. It is how his plan of salvation for all his children is designed to be undertaken. We are saved in families and taught within families.

  • Decisions for Eternity

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    You are never too young to learn; never too old to change. Another stake in the heart of the logic behind the homosexual agenda. Self-mastery means choosing based on understanding over or appetites and passions. … Self-mastery is true freedom.

  • Preserved for Posterity

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    This was originally published at http://www.janegalt.net/blog/archives/005244.html. I saw it at http://web.archive.org/web/20050406215537/http://www.janegalt.net/blog/archives/005244.html today and it was so well done on a topic of such importance that I decided that it deserved preservation even if the internet archive were to be wiped clean for some reason. I have copied the entire thing below without modification. I made the post title…

  • No Other Gods

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    This is an awesome list of alternate gods that even religious people are often serving in the modern world. The commandments are based on and inseparable from the plan of salvation. If we don’t establish our priorities based on the plan of salvation then we are in danger of serving other gods. I had no…