Sunday Soundbite

Toothpaste on the Mirror




Shelly Patterson taught the lesson, "Sacred Family Relationships" on Sunday.  This lesson provoked much discussion.  Shelly began the lesson by asking the women to list some of the good things that come from family reunions.  Sisters replied that some of the benefits of such gatherings include:

• increased family unity
• a sense of belonging
• the building of relationships
• an appreciation for family heritage and traditions

In this lesson President Snow promised that, "Faithful Latter-day Saints who are unable to marry or raise children in this life will be able to receive all the blessings of exaltation in the life to come."

 

President Snow declared, "See that the little, trifling misunderstandings in domestic concerns do not poison your happiness.  Wives, be faithful to your husbands. I know you have to put up with many unpleasant things, and your husbands have to put up with some things as well. Doubtless you are sometimes tried by your husbands, on account perhaps of the ignorance of your husbands, or perchance at times because of your own ignorance. …

… I do not say but that your husbands are bad—just as bad as you are, and probably some of them are worse; but, never mind: try to endure the unpleasantnesses which arise at times, and when you meet each other in the next life you will feel glad that you put up with those things."

 

Sister Patterson shared the example of toothpaste on the mirror.  We cannot let such little things drive our marriages apart.  One woman spent years complaining about the toothpaste her husband left on the mirror.  She discovered, after he was gone, that there was still toothpaste accumulating on the mirror. 

 

Much was shared about what we can do to make marriage and family look appealing to our children and those around us.  One sister mentioned that she and her husband live by the 80/20 rule.  They focus on the 80% of things that they love about each other and not the 20% that may get on their nerves.

 

"The same forms of relationship here will still exist beyond the veil; the ties here formed will grow stronger in the other life which is to come. And the Latter-day Saints feel an assurance, because God has given it unto them," said President Snow.