I feel that we have an understanding through the restored gospel of Jesus Christ which gives us more reason to rejoice than any people who have ever lived on the earth. Just as Victor was blessed as he reflected on his experiences with his wife, we have the greatest reason to rejoice of any people who have ever lived on the earth...
To my Sweetheart, Dressed in White
By Daryl Zadok Budd
There you are, in flawless white.
As a brillient star, through gloomy night.
I love your soul, and I'm glad to be
Bound by our goal to partake from God's tree.
We're sealed forever, and though we die,
We'll soon be together, You and I.
I do not recall time preceding this life.
Yet, someday I'll know all about you my wife.
Someday this veil, which hides the past,
Itself will fail, and part at last.
I then shall know, the one by my side,
As we both go, up to God and abide.
So, before the casket closes, I'll kiss you one more time.
And know that like our roses, next spring you'll be sublime.
Yes, then I'll know you fully, as in blazing light we dwell.
In the presence of the holy, and the great immanuel.
(In regard to this poem, I echo the words of J. Paul Hunter who said, "The event described here is fictional. My wife did not actually die. I imagined this event in order to analyze and articulate how such an event might feel in certain cercumstances. A work of literature can be true without being actual.")
What do you think about the meaning that Eternal Marriage can give to our future immortal existence?
I think that Eternal Marriage shapes how I exist because it increases my hope, and hope is a very powerful thing. It gets us through all sorts of struggle.
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