LDS Marriage & Family = MUST TAKE

I believe that all single BYU students should take LDS Marriage & Family before they get married. It is one of the most enlightening classes ever...seriously. I feel like this class should be a required GE. My perspective on everything that relates to marriage is changed. Here's some ideas that were said in lectures that have stuck out to me:
- To be like God, family must be the number one priority.
- If you are sealed to it or you made a covenant with it, it should be your top priority.
- The Atonement makes eternal marriage possible.
- If we do not want to do what is right, we will not have the passion in marriage.
- Find someone that loves Christ more than you.
- If your career gets in the way of the family, you have failed.
- The temple will be the greatest marital councilor we will have.
- The temple gives the answers to all of our problems.
- Do not avoid dating someone because you are afraid of ruining your friendship.
- Do not fall in love with someone that you shouldn't marry, which is a statement directed towards LDS members dating other LDS members (not just nonmembers).
- Personality is the wrong criterion for marriage; you should marry someone for their Christ-like characteristics.
- If you want to know who someone really is, look at how they act around everyone else (family members, roommates, strangers, enemies, etc.). It doesn't matter how someone acts around you.

Here's a fun little section: "Lessons from Returned Missionaries"
- Dating can be spiritual, and not just social.
- God is more interested in our success than we are.
- Be purposeful - proactively look for a spouse.
- See each date as a beautiful son or daughter of God - leave dates better than you found them.
- Seek to serve those you date - don't just socialize.
- Honor agency - you are to invite not coerce.
- Do not let rejection or heartbreak keep you from finding heaven.
- The more you love - the less artificial your efforts will be, the more natural it will be...and the more enjoyable.
***These above principles can be applied to life in general***



....more to come....