Understanding Marriage and Family

Prince Humperdink seemed to have the right idea...it's about a man and  wife. It's like trying to have chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips. Or Cupcakes with no frosting. Or Disneyland without Mickey Mouse. I'm sure you get my point. President Hinckley said, "In His grand design, when God first created man, He created a duality of the sexes. The ennobling expression of that duality is found in marriage. One individual is complementary to the other. As Paul stated, “Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” (1 Cor. 11:11)."       Elder Ballard gives a phenomenal talk on men and women and Priesthood power. It's called, "Men, Women, and Priesthood Power." Check out this picture he uses throughout his talk to make his point: I really like the way he puts this. Men and women are equal, balancing each other. We are similar, all children of God, but we have our different purposes and charac...

It's been a while since I've updated my blog, but I wanted to continue it, even though my class has ended. I'm in a new class now called Eternal Families. You can probably guess what it's about. I have been reading multiple talks a week-sometimes a day-about families and the different roles of those in the family. Recently I read a talk from one of our late apostles, Elder Boyd K. Packer. He shared a parable that I'd like to share here:                “Once a man received as his inheritance two keys. The first key, he was told, would open a vault which he must protect at all cost. The second key was to a safe within the vault which contained a priceless treasure. He was to open this safe and freely use the precious things which were stored therein. He was warned that many would seek to rob him of his inheritance. He was promised that if he used the treasure worthily, it would be replenished and never be diminished, not in all eternity. He woul...