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More great insights for a happy marriage! LDS Daily A daily dose of what matters most Home   »   Home & Family   »   10 Ways to Create Greater Emotional Vulnerability in Your Marriage 10 Ways to Create Greater Emotional Vulnerability in Your Marriage Aleah Ingram  November 13, 2017 Home & Family Marriage may be ordained of God, but that doesn’t make it easy. While couples strive to experience a bit of celestial glory in this life, it is abundantly clear that marriage is often messy and hard. One of the best ways to get through the messy and hard together is to have a vulnerable marriage. What is vulnerability? When you are vulnerable, you are exposed and honest. You take the risk of being hurt. Vulnerability is essential to building relationships that last forever. Here are ten ways you can create greater emotional vulnerability in your marriage. Remember You Are Worthy Vulnerability can only be achieved when you lear...

These are beautiful thoughts for your Sabbath Day. November 19, 2017 Gratitude for Jesus Christ SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY 2 Nephi 25:26 "And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins." QUOTE OF THE DAY Joseph F. Smith "No doctrine was ever as perfect as that of Jesus. . . . He has revealed to us the way of salvation, from the beginning, and through all the meanderings of this life to never-ending exaltation and glory in his kingdom, and to a newness of life therein. . . . "Happy is the man, indeed, who can receive this soul-satisfying testimony, and be at rest, and seek for no other road to peace than by the doctrines of Jesus Christ" ( Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith , p. 151-152). November 17, 2017 ...

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland quoted Sister Darla Isackson in his last Conference Address, as an "insightful Latter-day Saint".   I agree, and I love the way she writes and explains beautiful Gospel principles! Gratitude for “The Greater Yes” By Darla Isackson  · November 16, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE As we celebrate this season of Thanksgiving, do we feel gratitude only if our current lives are rolling along with ease and plenty? What about those who are experiencing heart-stretching, even grievous losses and trials? Many faithful Latter-day Saints have prayed for far different outcomes than they are getting in our current world. Most of us face recurring latter-day crises that try our souls. What is “The Greater Yes”? One day I received an e-mail request to join in fasting and prayer for healing of a person I really cared about. I wanted to help, but I hesitated. Ins...

This is a very perceptive and informative article!   Two years ago today, my husband Wayne was told his esophageal cancer was gone -- (endoscopy)  but he passed away just after 3 more months would pass.  To read about it go to my blog for that day:    https://grandmapalspocket.blogspot.com/2015_11_16_archive.html Raising Innocent Children in a Morally Toxic World By Nicholeen Peck  · November 15, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE In a world full of sexual depravity, diverse addictions, familial dysfunction, lascivious social platforms, manipulative media, and irate people of all ages, is it possible to even hope for our children to have an innocent upbringing? A routine trip through a store like Walmart, for example, can start a child’s brain processing in sexual and dysfunctional directions. What is a parent to do about this problem? How can a family live in the world but not become...

This article has some very good insights into why some marriages develop relationship problems!   I hope we aren't like the picture below! Is Change the Key to a Good Marriage? By  Wallace Goddard  · November 13, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Over time, the things that attracted us to each other start to make us crazy. Two marriage scholars share a story: “Frank’s need for time alone conflicted with Debra’s need for time together. The more he sought independence, the more she pressed for closeness. The more emotional she became, the more he “turned off.” Before long, she began to see his shyness as inadequacy, his careful, deliberate style as boring, and his reluctance to communicate as lack of love. He began to see her emotionality as immaturity, her energetic tempo as exhausting, and her desire for closeness as weakness.” (Christensen & Jacobson,  Reconcil...