Marriage Requires Thoughtful Preparation

Marriage Requires Thoughtful Preparation

Marriage Requires Thoughtful Preparation
Mormon Doctrine / Teachings

?The best way to avoid divorce from an unfaithful, abusive, or unsupportive spouse is to avoid marriage to such a person. If you wish to marry well, inquire well. Associations through ?hanging out? or exchanging information on the Internet are not a sufficient basis for marriage. There should be dating, followed by careful and thoughtful and thorough courtship. There should be ample opportunities to experience the prospective spouse?s behavior in a variety of circumstances. Fiances should learn everything they can about the families with whom they will soon be joined in marriage. In all of this, we should realize that a good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection. ?President Spencer W. Kimball taught: ?Two individuals approaching the marriage altar must realize that to attain the happy marriage which they hope for they must know that marriage . . . means sacrifice, sharing, and even a reduction of some personal liberties. It means long, hard economizing. It means children who bring with them financial burdens, service burdens, care and worry burdens; but also it means the deepest and sweetest emotions of all? (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball (2006), 194.)?

Dallin H. Oaks, ?Divorce,? Ensign, May 2007, 73

Topics: Marriage