Line upon Line

The following is excerpted from LDS Living. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. 

After nearly two years of grief and darkness after a divorce, I fell on my knees and pleaded with the Lord to show me the next step on my spiritual path.

“Marriage . . . is ordained of God,” Elder Christofferson teaches in his talk, The Sealing Power, but, “in the imperfect present, this is not the reality . . . for some.” I understood well the imperfect present he talked about. For those in this situation, Elder Christofferson advises that we can have “hope in Christ” as we “wait upon the Lord.”

During this painful experience, while I waited on the Lord, I learned that life is complicated, and sometimes circumstances are not ideal, but our covenants with the Lord are never complicated. We can have peace under any circumstance if we are bonded by covenant with Jesus Christ.

Within two days of my prayer for guidance, Heavenly Father gave me personal miracles that helped me trust Him and made clear to me that even after a divorce, I belonged in His kingdom.

God answered my prayer, in part, through bringing my husband, Ryan, into my life. Our meeting had a profound impact on me. I felt immense peace and clarity and knew I wanted to marry Ryan in the temple.

I felt humbled and undeserving when we walked through the doors inscribed with “House of the Lord” as an engaged couple, but knew I was home. I was in my Father’s house, and He filled me with His pure unquestioning love.

Despite the faith and miracles that brought Ryan and me together, we still experienced some growing pains, especially during the first months of our marriage. In the aftermath of one particularly heated argument, my husband made this inspired suggestion, “What if we go to the temple together once a week?”

I hesitated.

Neither of us had ever attended the temple every week. We both had demanding careers and a young family. I also assumed that I would attend the temple with greater frequency when I had more time in the sunset season of my life.

But in my heart, I knew that attending the temple more frequently would be good for us. So, I agreed.

It would be hard to overstate the lasting impact the decision to attend the temple once a week has had on our marriage and my life.

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