I suppose because we are human, we often develop in our
minds stereotypes of what couples that are paired together, should look like. There
is a couple out here who does a lot for the branch, really good people, but I
would not normally guess that they were man and wife.
The husband is tall, self assured and well-spoken. His wife
is short, stocky and has talents that are less noticeable, and if I was not
aware they were man and wife, I would not have pictured them together. It is very
evident that the husband has a great love for his wife. In priesthood meeting
on Sunday, the lesson was on our role as Husbands. This man made a comment
about his wife and was very emotional in expressing what great love he had for
her. I was very impressed. I am
thinking, I know his wife and she is a nice lady, but also has traits that are somewhat
bothersome. This couple married right out of high school and converted to the
Church fairly early in their marriage. He said that early in their marriage a
Bishop gave some wise council to his wife. He told her to only focus on her
husband’s “good qualities”. He said at the time, his good qualities may have
been difficult to identify, because he didn’t think he had very many. But, he
said, it made a difference, it made him want to be better and he started to
notice his wife’s good qualities. After all these years he truly loves his wife
and I believe he likely only sees the good in her. I am sure much of our
happiness in life is determined by what we chose to focus on and we are blessed
when we focus on the good.
Church video on Christ like love something we should all try
to model:
