![]() ![]() Only the other day a letter came to my desk from a woman who wrote at length of her troubles. ![]() They speak of divorce and tears and heartache. They speak of violations of trust, and of broken covenants. They speak of dictatorial attitudes, and of some husbands who are bullies in their own homes. Marriagea-Hinckley, Gordon B.TP322 – 323It is difficult for me to understand the tragic accounts of troubled marriages that come to me. (“If I Were You, What Would I Do?” BYU 1983-84 Fireside and Devotional Speeches, September 20, 1983, p. Marriagea-Hinckley, Gordon B.TP322If husbands and wives would only give greater emphasis to the virtues that are to be found in one another and less to the faults, there would be fewer broken hearts, fewer tears, fewer divorces, and much more happiness in the homes of our people. I am satisfied that our Father in Heaven loves his daughters as much as he loves his sons, and any man who demeans or belittles his wife affronts her Father in Heaven. There can be nothing of inferiority or superiority between the husband and wife in the plan of the Lord. We walk side by side with respect, appreciation, and love one for another. Marriagea-Hinckley, Gordon B.TP322Under the gospel plan marriage is a companionship, with equality between the partners. ![]() 322 See also Eternal Marriage Teachings of Gordon B. ![]()
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