I read about a speech that was recently given at Brigham Young University by Jacqueline Rivers and Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III and I liked their words:
"Young people do well to prepare for a successful marriage and enhance their marital union by the practice of celibacy prior to marriage. What you do now is important to the quality of your marriage later."
Both the loving relationship between the man and the woman and the nurturing of children are enhanced when there are two things in marriage: the first is mutual fidelity between the husband and wife, sexual exclusivity is paramount in the sexual relationship, and the second is permanence. These qualities of exclusivity and permanence between husband and wife produce emotional security and stability that are conducive to children's well-being. Those principles call for the practice of self-discipline before marriage."
Don't their words ring true with you? Fidelity and permanence--two great gifts to give our spouses and our children.
(This is a picture of Eugene and Jacqueline Rivers, but this picture was not taken at BYU)
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