BYU (Brigham Young University) is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often mistakenly called the “Mormon Church.” As part of their undergraduate coursework, BYU students take multiple semesters of spiritually uplifting, stimulating religion classes.

In this series (see below), students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the Book of Mormon in the form of letters to someone they know. We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures.

Mormon Thoughts: “Letter to my Husband”

Hi Sweetheart!

I love when I find scriptures that apply directly to our marriage. One scripture that made me think of us lately is in 3 Nephi 10:9-10. It’s when all the terrible destruction of the wicked is coming to a close, and the three days of darkness is starting to disperse. It says:

“…And it was in the morning, and the darkness dispersed from off the face of the land, and the earth did cease to tremble, and the rocks did cease to rend, and the dreadful groanings did cease, and all the tumultuous noises did pass away. And the earth did cleave together again, that it stood.”

Christ visited the Nephites after His resurrection.

So how does this apply to us you ask? Well I was thinking how the darkness, the trembling, the fallingrocks, and tumultuous noises could all represent the trials and challenges that we might face in our marriage or family in the future. I’m not trying to be a downer, but I would bet that at some time or another, we will face a trial together that will physically or spiritually shake us. When that time comes, I want to remember these verses in 3 Nephi.

My favorite phrase in these scriptures is when it says “and the earth did cleave together again, that it STOOD.” I am a firm believer that we can overcome any trial or challenge we will face if we will hold to each other and to the Lord. Just like all the physical devastation, our trials won’t last forever. Eventually they will end, and if we have remained faithful we will be able to cleave together and stand. I know that trials—even though they may be extremely difficult or frustrating—can bind people close together if they choose to let them. I know this because I have watched my family grow together as we have gone through difficult trials. I remember when my dad’s dad, Grandpa Mike, was slowly dying in the hospital. I have never seen my dad so emotional and sad. But I noticed how supportive, caring and loving my mom was toward my dad. I watched them grow together even though they were going through a difficult trial. I know that we can continue to grow closer to each other as a couple as we travel through life together, whether in good or hard times. Thank you for choosing to stand by me forever.

I love you,

Jenica

If any who might be reading this letter have questions or comments, I would be happy to hear from you.

In this series (see below), students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the Book of Mormon in the form of letters to someone they know. We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures.

In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to speak to all of us of the relevance, power and beauty of the Book of Mormon, a second witness of Jesus Christ and complement to the Bible. The Book of Mormon includes the religious history of a group of Israelites who settled in ancient America. (The names they use are those of prophets who taught the Book of Mormon peoples to look forward to the coming of Christ—Nephi, Lehi, Alma, Helaman, and other unfamiliar names. We hope those names will become more familiar to you as you read their inspiring words and feel the relevance and divinity of their messages through these letters.)

Let us know if you’d like to receive your own digital copy of the Book of Mormon, and/or if these messages encourage and assist you spiritually as well.

Mormon Thoughts: A Great and Marvelous Change

Letter to a Friend

Dear Cody,

I’m doing great man! It’s great to hear from you. I hope things have been going well for you lately. What’s new in your life down in Alabama? Are you still taking classes at JSU? Or are you working at all?

Anyway, my Book of Mormon class has been amazing, brother. I hope you get the chance to come to school out here in the future, because these religion classes change my life. Right now we are making our way through 3 Nephi, where Jesus comes to visit the people in the Americas. If I’m not mistaken, that chapter was one of the first ones we had you read when we met you two years ago.

Even though I’ve read that chapter (chapter 11 that is) hundreds of times, I am still learning new things about the coming of Christ to the Americas and His visitation of the Nephite people.

I’ll share something with you that especially impacted me the other day. In 3 Nephi chapters 9 and 10, the people are experiencing all kinds of storms and earthquakes and other destructive natural disasters and are witnessing the annihilation of many of their big cities. Then, immediately following all of this destruction, a thick darkness covers the whole land to the point where they couldn’t even light a fire to see clearly. That darkness lasted about the 3 days until finally the Lord spoke to them: “O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they [those who were killed in the destruction], will ye not now return unto me, and be converted, that I may heal you?” (3 Nephi 9:13). I love how merciful the Lord is in that verse.

Christ visited the Nephites after His resurrection.

Later, in chapter 11 verse 1 it says, “And now it came to pass that there were a great multitude gathered together, of the people of Nephi, round about the temple which was in the land Bountiful; and they were marveling and wondering one with another, and were showing one to another the great and marvelous change which and taken place.” My whole life, I have always pictured this verse to happen immediately after the darkness is taken off of the land and all the people are sort of walking around the rubble of their old cities marveling at this change, but in my class, I learned that it is more likely that verse 1 of chapter 11 didn’t happen until possibly a whole year later! And if that’s the case, the people were most likely almost recovered from the destruction that had happened in chapter 9-10.

In that context, verse one takes on a whole new meaning for me. Now, the people are gathering to the temple to worship God and they notice “a great a marvelous change which has taken place.” In my eyes, this change is no longer referring to the landscape in the aftermath of so many terrible disasters; the people are referring to a great and marvelous change that had taken place in their hearts. The people had become converted to the doctrine of Christ, and once they reached that level of spirituality, the Savior Himself appeared to them at the temple. Isn’t that amazing? I love these beautiful little messages that the Book of Mormon has. It’s awesome.

I hope all is well for you and that you are happy. Love you brother!

Jeff

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Jesus Christ in Mormonism

Here, in this column, students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the New Testament and gospel of Jesus Christ in the form of letters to someone they know.  In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to witness to all of us of the relevance, power, and beauty of the New Testament, and God’s plan of happiness for each of us.  We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures. Let us know how these may help you in your own life. Share them with a friend.

Mormon Thoughts: Finding Power

Email to my sister

Hey, so I know you were really excited to go through the Mormon temple! I also know that you haven’t been back for awhile. I don’t really know why you haven’t gone back. It’s probably just because you haven’t had time or it has just slipped your mind, but you know that I just went through like two weeks ago and I just wanted to share some stuff with you.

I’ll be honest, when I first went there, I was very confused but I really did feel the spirit so much. I think it is hard for some people, because they don’t understand everything they experience there, and so they maybe don’t have a huge desire to go back all of the time, or they go and still don’t understand and so they get frustrated. I just wanted to share something that I learned though, because I think it gives us insight into what God is trying to teach us in this life.

We learn more about God’s plan for us at the temple.

In my New Testament class we were talking about Ephesians. We talked about a ton of great stuff that I’d like to share with you sometime, but for now I wanted to tell you first about chapter six. In verse 11 it tells us that we need to put on the whole armor of God. In my class we learned that the Greek translation of the phrase “put on” is enduo, which translates back to, “endow yourself.” So we are to endow ourselves with the armor of God. And the armor of God is described after that verse. The one that was especially powerful to me was the shield of faith. We talked about how it is a shield and therefore it is portable. The shield can protect any part of us. So we see how important faith in the Lord is. It will protect us from all of the negative outside forces. When we have strong faith then we don’t let the doubts of the world penetrate, causing us to waver in our testimony of Christ.

Every time I go to the temple, I understand more about the amazing things God has in store for us.  But we have to stay on the path that leads to Him and try to grab onto the gifts He offers us.  A lot of those gifts come through the temple.

Your BFF,

Cassidy

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Jesus Christ in Mormonism

Here, in this column, students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the New Testament and gospel of Jesus Christ in the form of letters to someone they know.  In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to witness to all of us of the relevance, power, and beauty of the New Testament, and God’s plan of happiness for each of us.  We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures. Let us know how these may help you in your own life. Share them with a friend.

Mormon Thoughts: Moving Forward

Letter to a friend

Last week you were telling me that you don’t know what you are doing with your life. You said that you feel like everyone is figuring their lives out, and you are just going through the motions without progressing toward anything. We had a lesson in New Testament this week that I found really helpful in my life and I thought maybe could help you, too. We are in Romans right now, and there are a few verses I want to point out. First in chapter 5 verses 3-5, I’ll just summarize for you.

These verses give us insight on how we can obtain hope even through our tribulations. Through tribulation we gain patience, through patience we gain experience, and finally through experience we gain hope. I know you may feel like things aren’t going your way lately, and like there are things holding you back, while everyone else is moving forward. I’ve been there; it can be so discouraging! I challenge you to keep your head up and find hope for the future in the experiences you are having. You always have a clean future with endless potential.

The next set of verses I want to highlight are in chapter 6, verses 19-23. These outline the effects sin and righteousness have on our lives and on our futures. You’ve been quite an example to me over the months I’ve known you, little things you do to try to bring the spirit into your life and make your Heavenly Father proud have really impressed me. These few verses show us that if we choose to sin, our reward will be death and misery, but if we choose to be righteous and live our lives like I see you live on a daily basis, then our reward will be eternal life and a kingdom in heaven. You’re well on your way to gaining that great reward. When life gets hard, and it feels like you’re going nowhere, remember that our Heavenly Father loves you, and that He’s preparing a mansion for you in heaven. I know it can feel like we aren’t progressing in this life like everyone else is, but know that you always have the ability, no matter your circumstances, to progress in your spiritual life and THAT is what really matters.

The Lord knows our hearts even if we can’t express how we feel.

Finally, I want to touch on something that I struggle with in times of feeling inadequate, and that is knowing what to pray for. Often times I’ll be feeling distraught and get down on my knees, but not know how to express what I’m feeling to our Father in Heaven. Chapter 8 verse 26 shows us that in times like this, we don’t always need to find a way to express what we’re feeling. The Lord knows, He can feel our prayers just like He can hear and answer them.

I hope this has helped you a little bit as it has helped me, know that I’m here for you just like you’ve been there for me before, be sure to let me know if you need anything.

Your friend,

Darrell

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In this series (see below), students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the Book of Mormon in the form of letters to someone they know. We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures.

In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to speak to all of us of the relevance, power and beauty of the Book of Mormon, a second witness of Jesus Christ and complement to the Bible. The Book of Mormon includes the religious history of a group of Israelites who settled in ancient America. (The names they use are those of prophets who taught the Book of Mormon peoples to look forward to the coming of Christ—Nephi, Lehi, Alma, Helaman, and other unfamiliar names. We hope those names will become more familiar to you as you read their inspiring words and feel the relevance and divinity of their messages through these letters.)

Let us know if you’d like to receive your own digital copy of the Book of Mormon, and/or if these messages encourage and assist you spiritually as well.

Mormon Thoughts: Enduring through the Trial

Letter to a friend

Before I took a class on the Book of Mormon I always assumed that Christ came down to visit the Nephites only three days after His crucifixion and resurrection. Now I know better—the Nephites actually had to wait nearly a year before they had the chance to see Christ. However, during this time they didn’t wait passively; they were working hard to change both their outward circumstances and inwardly they worked to change their hearts. In fact, on the day that Christ descended, the people were conversing about him. In other words, even though time had passed, they were still using the terrible trials that had befallen them to make themselves better, more worthy people.

Like the Nephites, we must prepare for our meeting with Christ by enduring our trials with patience.

I believe this can apply to people today. Sometimes a trial will happen in our lives and though we survive it, we are neither made better people nor blessed because of it. We will be better prepared for these circumstances if we look to the example of the Nephites during this time period. Just like the Nephites, we can’t be passive while waiting for our trials and afflictions to pass; we need to work in order for them to change us. We can also see that trials will take some patience. Christ didn’t visit the Nephites immediately after His death and the destruction that followed it; He made them wait. Likewise, we might wonder why a trial is lasting so long, or why our lives haven’t been especially blessed for making it through the trials, but just like the Nephites, we need to learn to be patient and work hard in the meantime.

Life can be extremely hard. It was for the Nephites and it still is for people everywhere today. The trick to getting through is trying a little harder to be a little better and having the knowledge that eventually we will all meet Christ personally, whether in this life or the next.

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Mormon Beliefs

Here, in this column, students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the New Testament and gospel of Jesus Christ in the form of letters to someone they know.  In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to witness to all of us of the relevance, power, and beauty of the New Testament, and God’s plan of happiness for each of us.  We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures. Let us know how these may help you in your own life. Share them with a friend.

Mormon Thoughts: An Epiphany

A letter to my sister

I had an epiphany this week in New Testament class. It is about the purpose of righteousness. We have been talking a lot the last few weeks in the letters of Paul to new converts about the differences between grace and why we need to do good works, such as what we read this week in Philippians 2:12. Because the original expectation was that we need to be perfect, and that was not attainable, that is the reason for the Atonement, right? So why can we not just take advantage of the Atonement and do whatever we want? It is because in performing the Atonement, Christ set a new standard for us to attain, you know, the laws of sacrifice, the gospel, etc. He transferred the debt we needed to pay from Heavenly Father to himself. He still wants us to become perfect, so He does not leave us without any rules, we are still expected to become something more. So my epiphany this week was about the purpose of righteous actions.

The Atonement sets a new standard for all who desire to be followers of Christ.

My professor said something about connecting to God, and I am not sure why that resonated so much inside me, just because it seems like such a simple concept. But I was thinking about it, and in my experience, I find that when I do something “good,” it is as if I am trying to achieve something; I am reaching for some abstract ideal. For example, God did all this stuff (Creation, Atonement, and everything needed for us to get back to Him) for us, and gave us the law of chastity, so I will be chaste for the sake of being chaste. I realized this was not the reason we do it. It is to connect with Christ. Let’s say we were building a bridge. Christ already has His part built, in just the right place with just the right materials, etc. It is now our object to attach ourselves to Him. Or in another analogy, to attach our branches to Him, the Vine.

It is through Him that we attain sustenance and that all blessings flow. In surrendering the only thing we have to give, our wills, we achieve the ultimate victory. When we seek to connect to Him, we are no longer focused on just our actions, but also our thoughts and attitudes. Ironically, we still need His help to do our part of the bargain as well. But if I had to trust my will, my life, and my whole soul to anyone, I am glad it is the most loving, all knowing, and perfect being in existence.

With warm thoughts,

Ashley

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Mormon Beliefs

In this series (see below), students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the Book of Mormon in the form of letters to someone they know. We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures.

In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to speak to all of us of the relevance, power and beauty of the Book of Mormon, a second witness of Jesus Christ and complement to the Bible. The Book of Mormon includes the religious history of a group of Israelites who settled in ancient America. (The names they use are those of prophets who taught the Book of Mormon peoples to look forward to the coming of Christ—Nephi, Lehi, Alma, Helaman, and other unfamiliar names. We hope those names will become more familiar to you as you read their inspiring words and feel the relevance and divinity of their messages through these letters.)

Let us know if you’d like to receive your own digital copy of the Book of Mormon, and/or if these messages encourage and assist you spiritually as well.

Mormon Thoughts: Faith and Miracles

A Letter to a Friend

I learned a little bit about miracles this week as I was reading the scriptures. I was thinking about what you had said about knowing of spiritual truths before. I don’t really know what you your beliefs are now, but back then you declared yourself agnostic. You didn’t believe that anyone can know if God exists or not.

Well, reading in the Book of Mormon (a religious text for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes mistakenly called the “Mormon Church”), I found that, in part, that is true.

In the book of Helaman chapter 9, a man named Nephi makes a prophecy which is very obviously supernatural. He declares that the leader of that nation was murdered before anyone else (other than the murderer, of course) knew. Some people went and checked and sure enough, the Chief Judge was dead. The reaction of the people is very interesting. They accuse Nephi of conspiring to kill the chief judge. The motive that they stick on him is that he wanted to convert them to his religion so he had the Chief Judge killed to show this miraculous event. Through a few more miraculous predictions down to the responses people will say, Nephi proves his innocence, but few are converted from this experience.

Although these people are decidedly wicked, I cannot blame them for their conclusion. Were I in their shoes, I would not believe a miracle like that. I too would make accusations. I don’t think that “miracles” will ever be evidence of divinity. Every miracle leaves reasonable doubt. There is no such thing as definitive proof of God. He has intended this to be so.

So, now I must explain that I am still very much a firm advocate of religion. I went out and taught people about God for two years, full-time, with no pay. My resolution that God lives is firm and unwavering. But this resolution did not come from seeing a pillar of fire or an ocean dried up. It came through hearing good teachings and trying them out for myself and seeing the results. To say I understand everything would simply be a lie. There was a point where I just didn’t believe in God. I, however, wanted to learn what the truth was. So I studied. I visited different churches. I read the Bible and the Book of Mormon and prayed as they suggested. I did as those churches suggested and I discovered that they were good and that my life was better with those teachings than without. I can’t explain it as a feeling or just an observation. It is something that you both feel and know.

How can you tell that it isn’t you just wanting to believe? I can’t say. That is what faith is. It isn’t knowing. I have faith. Perhaps I too am agnostic in a sense, but I choose to believe in God and let it affect my life. I know it works simply because I have seen others succeed with it. This is where I still stand. More firmly than ever. I love you man.

Kevin Gottfredson

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Mormon Beliefs

Here, in this column, students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the New Testament and gospel of Jesus Christ in the form of letters to someone they know. In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to witness to all of us of the relevance, power, and beauty of the New Testament, and God’s plan of happiness for each of us. We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures. Let us know how these may help you in your own life. Share them with a friend.

Mormon Thoughts: Feeling the Spirit

Letter to Author’s Father

Hey, Dad!

That was an amazing game last night! I wish I could have been there. I bet the stadium was going crazy. Did you get to talk to any players? Anyway, the reason I am emailing you is because I wanted to share what I learned in New Testament. This week we read 2nd Corinthians. In chapter one verse 22 it says: “Who hath also sealed us [to Christ], and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts.”

We discussed the meaning of “earnest.” It relates to earnest money, which you probably know about already, but it means just a small part of money that you pay someone in the beginning to let them know that you will pay the rest. Our teacher related this concept to the spirit. Christ gives us just a small, small portion of the spirit that represents a little bit of what heaven will be like. When we feel the spirit we get a glimpse of what heaven will have in store for us.

It is Heavenly Father’s and Christ’s way of giving us a constant reminder of what we should be working towards. If we choose the world, then we will have no blessings in heaven waiting for us. But, if we choose Christ and to follow the gospel, then we cannot even imagine all the blessings that will be waiting for us in the next life.

This is a good reminder, for whenever we feel like what’s the point in trying anymore or if we feel that we have lost Christ’s love, if we can just go somewhere where we can feel the spirit, then we can be reminded of what heaven will be like. Love ya! I can’t wait to see you next weekend. I hope you can think of the spirit in a different light now. I thought this was a very cool lesson.

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Mormon Beliefs

Here, in this column, students enrolled in scripture study classes have shared their thoughts, insights, and reflections on the New Testament and gospel of Jesus Christ in the form of letters to someone they know.  In publishing these, we fulfill their desire to witness to all of us of the relevance, power, and beauty of the New Testament, and God’s plan of happiness for each of us.  We invite you to take a look at their epiphanies and discoveries as they delve into the scriptures. Let us know how these may help you in your own life. Share them with a friend.

Mormon Thoughts: Importance

Conversation with a friend

We had an unbelievable lesson in my New Testament class this week. We talked about a lot of things that really hit me hard, but the one that blew my mind was the book of Philemon. I have always just glazed over those super small books in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon, because they never seemed to be that important in the big scheme of things, but after that class I realized that truly each and every verse in the scriptures is there for a divine purpose. It is just our job to realize why the Lord had people pay so much, even sometimes with their lives to give us each and every verse of scripture that we have. Then after we find that, it is our responsibility to see how those verses apply to us.

The one in Philemon that he showed starts in verse 10. it is honestly one of the most profound yet simple teaching of the atonement that I have ever read in scripture. In it Paul is writing to Philemon on behalf of Onesimus. He says that he apologizes for any wrongs that Onesimus has done and tells Philemon not to hold them against Onesimus but to instead hold them against Paul, and that he would pay the price. What a crazy thought to think that not only would Paul pay the price, but even more amazingly to me that he would take credit for the wrongdoings of Onesimus… and I know that this only scratches the surface of what our Savior did for us in performing the Atonement for us.

Your friend,

Tyler

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And with the protruding belly, the backaches and the lack of balance, I’ve also recently remembered that part of being pregnant with my fifth child means that I get asked, “Are you done yet?” and “Do you really think you can handle another one?”  And I feel the unspoken question is passed through a glance, “Why don’t you use birth control?”

As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly called the Mormon Church), we Mormons are often known for having large families.  What many people don’t know is that we have these large families mindfully.  Every single one of my children was intentional. We believe that before we came to earth we lived with God, as his children, and that we awaited the opportunity to receive a body and progress to become more like Him.

Because we have a belief in a life before birth, members of the Church of Jesus Christ have a unique desire to invite those spirits, who have yet to be born, into our homes as our children.   We believe that this offers them the greatest opportunity for their continued growth in a household of faith.  We also feel a personal responsibility to fulfill God’s commandment to “multiply and replenish the earth.”

Sometimes I am asked by close friends who practice other religions why we don’t use birth control and I jokingly answer, “We do!  Imagine what my family would look like if we didn’t!”  In all seriousness, in such private matters the husband and wife use the guidance of the Holy Ghost to direct them in the number and spacing of their children.  Birth control is not expressly endorsed or forbidden except in one instance—abortion.

From True to the Faith, a manual for those seeking Mormonism’s basic tenets:

“Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must not submit to, perform, encourage, pay for, or arrange for an abortion…Some exceptional circumstances may justify an abortion, such as when pregnancy is the result of incest or rape, when the life or health of the mother is judged by competent medical authority to be in serious jeopardy, or when the fetus is known by competent medical authority to have severe defects that will not allow the baby to survive beyond birth.  But even these circumstances do not automatically justify an abortion.”

We believe that the giving and taking of life are two powers that should not be handled lightly.  Failure to be cautious in the giving of life does not justify the taking of that life, or the promise of that life, after the fact.

Although procreation is undoubtedly an essential part of God’s plan for our happiness here on earth, sexuality between a husband and wife is not meant solely to create life.  It’s meant to be a unifying experience for married couples.   Modern scripture elaborates on the Adam and Eve story.  In it, God expressly commands, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh“ (Moses 3:24).

The sacred powers of sexuality and creation are revered and honored in LDS culture and as such, are guarded by our strict adherence to modesty— including the wearing of the temple garment under our clothing— and our commitment to being sexually abstinent before marriage and completely loyal to our spouse after it.

In many religions, there is an altar, a sacred place where hearts are given to God in complete offering.  For us, altars are found in churches where the sacrament is broken and blessed and in temples where we kneel across from each other and are married. It is here that promises are made and God extends His grace to His children.  Kneeling before an altar shows complete submission to the will of God and His timing.

In our home, we have another special place—our bed.  We kneel before it and offer our hearts to God and accept His will for our family.  We promise to care for each of the children He sees fit to give us—His children, not ours really.  And we share a sacrament as husband and wife that unites us in passion and joy and selflessness.

We may be done having children, we’ll see.  We always try to take them one at a time.   But whatever the future holds, I know we can handle what God has given us through His grace.  Bound together in spiritual, emotional, mental and physical unity, my husband and I pledge our hearts to each other, to God and His children.

This article was written by Miranda Lotz, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Miranda H. Lotz is a military wife, mother and avid reader.  She loves composing music and currently resides in Colorado Springs.

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