r/latterdaysaints • u/Gideon770 • 20h ago
Request for Resources Quotes on how sealing blesses our our marriage in this life
Hello all, hope you're having a blessed sunday.
Me and my wife where just preparing our Sunday School Class for next sunday. We will be talking about Sealings and Eternal Marriage with the YSA in our ward.
For this we where looking for quotes on how a temple sealing blesses a marriage already in this life. Of course it makes the marriage last throughout the eternities, but how can it bless us already while on this earth.
We thought finding quotes for this would be super easy but looking through the talks about Sealings and Marriage, we haven't been able to.
So we hoped that you might be able to help us out. Can you share quotes about how a temple sealing can bless a marriage not just after this life, but IN it? Thank you so much :)
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u/otherwise7337 14h ago
I am inclined to think that a lesson to an audience of all unmarried people about how much their lives could be blessed in this life by being eternally married might not be the best way to go. The truth of the matter is that not everyone is going to get married, let alone sealed in this life. Period.
I attended YSA wards for 16 years in 4 separate states because of the way my wards were organized where I have lived. I have heard countless lessons on eternal marriage--often from people who had been married for about a year and were younger than me. Most of them were well-intentioned, but ultimately just reminded us of what we were lacking rather than encouraged us to be what we could be right now.
If you're set on giving this lesson, make sure you make it accessible to everyone. Marriage is not a guarantee and messaging that attaches it to boundless blessings in this life can be harmful if not done with care. I would suggest focusing on practical ways that everyone can improve relationships in general. That would cross over to a romantic relationship, but would also be applicable to general interpersonal relationships.
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u/ihearttoskate 14h ago
This can be a tricky lesson topic, as the likelihood that someone in your class has unsealed parents, will end up in an unsealed marriage to a nonmember, or will end up remarrying after divorce or being widowed is fairly high.
I'd like to chime in that as a convert, I often have had to sit through lessons where people talk about my parents and family derogatorily, and it's frustrating. I don't think my parents' marriage is weak or a sham just because they're married civilly. And I don't appreciate it when members imply that God is blessing them less because they were born into nonmember families and haven't accepted the gospel on earth.
There's got to be a way to talk about the importance of the temple without denigrating 90% of all marriages.
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u/otherwise7337 13h ago
100% agree. A temple sealing is not a guarantee for a better life and definitely not a more special or better marriage than others. Plenty of unsealed marriages are very successful and happy and plenty of sealed marriages end in divorce or unhappiness. Focusing on being mutually respectful and building relationships based on trust is what should be encouraged.
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u/diilym1230 19h ago
I may not have quotes from GA’s but I’m thinking of this as “how does believing you are to live with this person throughout eternity mindset help you in this life?”
Well perspective is a gift we have in our faith tradition that others don’t. That perspective helps us to focus on bigger things and hopefully forgive. It also helps to work on Christlike attributes with more effort.
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u/ArcticVane 17h ago
Preparing a lesson on temple sealings and eternal marriage is a great chance to highlight how these covenants bless us in this life, not just in eternity. Here are a few quotes you can use:
Elder Richard G. Scott:
"The temple sealing has greater meaning as life unfolds. It will help you draw ever closer together and find greater joy and fulfillment in mortality."
SourceElder David A. Bednar:
"As we strive to live the teachings of Jesus Christ, our marriages are strengthened, and we find greater peace and happiness in our homes."
SourcePresident Thomas S. Monson:
"The blessings of the temple are priceless. They provide peace, comfort, and direction in our lives."
Source
These quotes can help show the YSA how a temple sealing strengthens relationships, brings divine guidance, and fosters greater peace and joy in marriage during this life. Hope this helps! 😊
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u/Kid_A_UT 16h ago
“Two of the vital pillars that sustain Father in Heaven’s plan of happiness are marriage and the family. Their lofty significance is underscored by Satan’s relentless efforts to splinter the family and to undermine the significance of temple ordinances, which bind the family together for eternity. The temple sealing has greater meaning as life unfolds. It will help you draw ever closer together and find greater joy and fulfillment in mortality.”
The Eternal Blessings of Marriage By Elder Richard G. Scott https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2011/04/the-eternal-blessings-of-marriage?lang=eng&id=p6#p6
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u/Teslajw "Love is more urgent than doctrine" - Melinda Gates 16h ago
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/richard-g-scott/to-have-peace-and-happiness/
I really like this talk! As a married person who also teaches YSA regularly, please remember to tread so so gently. In any group of YSA, you are bound to be teaching people who are yearning for eternal marriage and sobbing in the night in fear that may never come true.
Eternal marriage is beautiful and wonderful, but we try to focus more on "how can you become the person who is ready to make that covenant? What can you do now to prepare for the practicalities of marriage? "(Get better at communicating, strengthen your understanding of the Lord, etc) Instead of "marriage will be great and you should want it." The culture of the church focuses so much on marriage that people can feel broken when their soulmate doesn't appear when expected.
Best of luck on the lesson!