I don't have a whole lot of time to post, but I wanted to finally put something on this thing and in light of today's events I wanted to share my testimony of marriage.
I don't have a perfect marriage. A lot of that has to do with my own imperfection. But I am so lucky. I have a husband who loves me. I love him. I believe in love. I believe in all sorts of love and I also believe that love crosses and branches out over all sorts of boundaries. I believe that love is love, no matter what. Which has driven me a little crazy trying to figure out not so much where I stand on the subject of "gay marriage", but why.
I love my Heavenly Father. I believe that He loves each of us, as His children, equally regardless of our differences or relationship with Him. I know that He wants us to be happy. We're here to be happy. "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." I feel the truth of this in my heart every day. When I look at my husband, when I feel the sunshine on my face, smell the fresh air, kiss my nieces and nephews, hug my parents, or see a smile on a stranger's face.
God has decreed that marriage is between man and woman, husband and wife. All I know is that His laws are irrevocable. We can change the laws of the land to our heart's content, but it still doesn't change the unalterable principle and law of marriage. The definition is not something you can change, and that is not up to us. As I said before, I believe that Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to be happy and while I don't know everything, and I don't always know why things are the way they are, I do know that we have been given very clear instruction; That we have a prophet who leads and guides us as directed by our Father in Heaven; That someday we'll have all the answers - even though we don't have them now and we can't be sure when we will. I have faith that someday I can know all things.
And that's enough for me.
