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Supporting Each Other Through Struggles

There are difficult times in any relationship, just as there are difficult times in every person’s life. If you or your spouse are going through a difficult time in your lives, it is especially important to take time to strengthen and maintain your marriage relationship. If you are working together as a couple, this will help your children to feel safe, secure and strong. Here are five suggestions on how you can support your spouse during a difficult time in his life or in your marriage. 1. Pray for him. This will make a difference in the way that you … Continue reading →

Stop Drifting Apart

When your first get married, you are so involved in each other, that you may find the concept of drifting apart from each other a difficult concept to grasp, but this is one common reason for marriages to fail. The church has recognized this, and this is one of the reasons that date night is recommended to all married members of the church. There are other ways that you can prevent drifting apart in your marriage. One important way you can do this is to participate in a date night each week. This does not necessarily have to be a … Continue reading →

LDS Week in Review – May 5th – 10th

Life just keeps getting busier! If you weren’t able to join us throughout the week, here’s a recap so you can keep up-to-date on all the great blogs here in LDS. We started the week with “Gospel Questions: What About Those Latte-Drinking Mormons?” A non-member friend of Tristi’s asked her why Mormons can’t drink coffee, and yet, some of them do. We learn about the Word of Wisdom and also a little bit about hypocrisy. We got caught up to speed with our lessons in this week’s “Dinner Discussions,” and then Tristi answered another question from her non-member friend in, … Continue reading →

Asking for Help

When we are going through struggles and different trials, we may be on knees daily asking the Lord for help. We may be asking for strength to get through this trial or for our burdens to be lifted. We may expect help to come in unexpected ways. We may expect that the bishop will magically appear on our doorstep to help in unexpected ways. While this does happen on occasion, it is important to realize that we need to ask for help as well. The church has set up a system, which can help to meet your needs. It is … Continue reading →