One

I really enjoyed President Eyring's talk about becoming one, called "That We May Be One".  His words rang true as I read them.  I want to share this quote from his talk:  "Our Heavenly Father wants our hearts to be knit together. That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity".  I love that he says that unity between hearts is necessary.  It's not just nice or something that can happen if we want it to, it is needed in this life and in the life to come.  I am so excited to be able to learn how to be more unified in love with my future spouse and with others around me throughout my life and in the eternities.  

Another quote from this talk made me think says, "Satan would tear us from loved ones and make us miserable. And it is he who plants the seeds of discord in human hearts in the hope that we might be divided and separate".  This quote reminds me of 2 Nephi 4: 26 and 27, which says:

"O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?

And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul? Why am I angry because of mine enemy?"

This scripture has always been one of my favorites, because Nephi is frustrated due to his negative feelings.  It reminds me that we can all get upset sometimes, and those feelings of discord come from satan!  Just as soon as we feel closer than ever to our families, something seems to go wrong or something makes us angry.  Satan wants to tear families apart, especially ones that are unified and strong because of the love they have for one another.  But we don't have to let him control our feelings and allow his influence to make us sad - we can rely on the Savior to help us through and change our hearts.  I know that as I remember and do these things in my life, I will be able to be one with my spouse someday.