Improvement Era, 1949 by Unknown

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Language: eng
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"Lovingly Yours" By Verna W Goddard

EVERY one of you girls dreams of the time when with starry eyes and beating heart you may affirm your affection for the man of your choice.

Love of man for woman and woman for man is the tenderest of all human emotions, a gift of God to us, his children. On its fruition depends the continuation of the human race on this earth. Its sustaining power, its refining grace, its inspiration to high and noble accomplishment in the lives of men and women make life sweet and purposeful, worth the living. To love someone completely is a thrilling experience and brings into action the best within us. It is the cornerstone of sterling character.

To arrive at this happy status is the grave responsibility of youth. Of primary concern to you girls as you move among people is your understanding of this relationship and what it really means. Perhaps you have been wondering about some of its functions.

Sex concerns the intimate association of man and woman. It is a thing of goodness and beauty. The Lord made it so. It is not meant to be evil or vulgar. Its fulfilment begins with courtship, then follows marital union, reproduction, and joyous family life.

You girls have been taught in our Church: "... marriage is ordained of God unto man." (D. & C. 49:15.) It is not merely a social custom to be entered into thoughtlessly, recklessly, for a lark, or to secure a meal ticket, to be put aside at the whim of either or both contracting parties without serious consideration; rather it is a solemn contract to be respected and maintained in dignity throughout time and eternity.

During the years of your infancy and early childhood your father and mother were responsible for your actions. Now you are growing up and are increasingly claiming the right to make your own decisions. The right of free agency is yours. It was given to all people by the Father, and your parents are anxiously watching and hoping that you will acquire sufficient knowledge and wisdom to choose wisely your friends and your course in life.

The mating of man and woman is according to the divine plan. Deep in every person the mating instinct is implanted, and according to the Lord's purpose for marriage, the man and woman are brought together in a union which is bound by the ties of true love and confidence. In wedlock these two people find fulfilment of great God-given powers of reproduction, through which physicial bodies are found for the spirit children of our Heavenly Father. Deep in your hearts is the desire for motherhood. You brought it with you from the spirit world where you knew with what eagerness and longing spirits await mortality.

THE choosing of a partner in marriage is a serious affair. In fact, one of the most important decisions you will ever make is whom to marry. And the beautiful privilege of temple marriage reminds you that you are constituted to live and love, not only in this life but also throughout the eternities to come.

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