A Little Heaven on Earth

Just saw this on lds.org and I wanted to share it with all of you!
“Temple marriage describes the place you go to have a marriage performed. Celestial marriage is what you create by being true to the sacred covenants you make during the temple marriage ceremony.” -Elder Robert D. Hales ("A Little Heaven on Earth")

It's true. You may get a temple marriage, but you can only have a Celestial marriage by living a worthy life with your spouse. How do you do that? Endure to the end. Live righteously and honestly through all your doings. When you get married you become a team, as one. Not just you and your spouse, but you, your spouse and the Lord. The more you work together the closer you make your marriage/family closer to Heavenly Father.

Other highlights of the talk:

"Do you realize that there is no one between the Lord and the sealer when he performs the sealing ordinance? It is a beautiful and a touching ceremony."

“As pertaining to the new and everlasting covenant [of marriage], it was instituted for the fulness of my glory; and he that receiveth a fulness thereof must and shall abide the law, or he shall be damned” -D&C 132:6

“Therefore, if a man marry him a wife in the world, and he marry her not by me nor by my word, and he covenant with her so long as he is in the world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world" -D&C 132:15

"...unless we enter into celestial marriage, we cannot reach the highest degree of glory in the celestial kingdom." -D&C 131:1-4

"The aim of the gospel and the purpose of celestial marriage are not only to keep us together but also to make us eligible for our Heavenly Father’s highest reward: exaltation in the celestial kingdom, increase in that kingdom, and eternal life with our families."

LOVE THIS[perfect example]>>>"Celestial marriage is like climbing a mountain. You tie yourself to an eternal companion, and you start up the mountain. As children come along, you tie into them as well and continue your journey. The ropes will hold all of the mountain climbers together, but the wind, rain, snow, and ice—challenges of the world—will tear at you to pull you off that mountain.

"How do you reach the summit? If Mom or Dad gives up and cuts the rope that binds them to each other and their children, chances are that one or the other may fall off the mountain and perhaps pull down other family members with them. The whole family could fall off that mountain and not reach the eternal summit. We can’t take that chance. Let us always be mindful that as members of a family, we are tied to a mountain team that is attempting to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father."

Love this too!>>>"A marriage partnership is not a crutch. You do not marry somebody you think is a little higher than the angels and then lean on that person. Rather, you develop yourself and your own gifts and talents. As you develop, you grow together, supporting and strengthening one another."

“Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all your prayers, in all your exhortations, and in all your doings” -D&C 108:7

"Make sure you sacrifice, share, and grow together."

"I ask you not to lean on your spouse as a crutch but to stand strong, strengthen each other, and ask for help as you pray together each night. I bear testimony that those moments in my life when I have been unhappy, depressed, or sad are when I have deviated, even to a minor degree, from the teachings of the Lord. That you might have true happiness and find the joy of a celestial marriage with a little heaven on earth is my prayer."

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