Mature love vs. Romantic Love

What a great talk by Elder Boyd K. Packer that I had the opportunity to read. Wow…this explains so much the difference about how the world looks at marriage, and how we look at celestial marriage. Here is a little bit of the talk: “And if you suppose that the full-blown rapture of young romantic love is the sum of the possibilities which spring from the fountains of life, you have not yet lived to see the devotion and the comfort of longtime married love. Married couples are tried by temptation, misunderstandings, separation, financial problems, family crises, illness; and all the while love grows stronger, the mature love enjoys a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds. True love requires a mutual respect and that the couple reserve until after the marriage the sharing of that affection which unlocks those sacred powers in that fountain of life. It means avoiding pre-marriage situations in which physical desire might take control. Courtship is a time to measure integrity, moral strength, and worthiness. The invitation, “If you love me, you will let me,” exposes a major flaw in character. It deserves the reply: “If you really loved me, you would never ask me to transgress. If you understood the gospel, you couldn’t!” Here is my post on the topic: I appreciated the talk by Elder Boyd K. Packer and his teachings about true mature love, and that mature love is much different from the world’s expectations of love or romantic love. The world wants us to think that love is based on affection and a feeling, but we were taught that love is mutual respect. Marriages go through many hardships and there has to be a devotion to one another. This concept is taught from the very starts of the relationship as the couple keeps the commandment of Chastity. They make devotion to each other and to the Lord. These strengths both the relationship and the future of the marriage, also within the marriage when the Law is continually kept, the blessing continue to come. November 5, 2014