Reading an Amazing book in Covenants in Marriage

"Covenant Hearts--Marriage and the Joy of Human Love--"

This is the best book I have ever read about marriage relationship and the meaning of the covenants and all the fiery darts that attack the relationship. I am reading it with a friend and find it a great primer to what a couple learns through the thick and thin of their marriage.

I know we don't know everything. This book opened my eyes and the tenderness that couples should enjoy in working through day to day issues, whether it is with troubled children, children with handicaps, illnesses, employment or personal issues. As a therapist, mother and grandmother, I highly recommend this book.

It would be a good book for bishops to read and share with their ward members who struggle with commitment or couples staying married.

It is pointed out early on that marriage is a covenant not just a contract per se. There is a difference that is worth learning about and how the behavior of the individual is personally responsible in each equally. The covenant marriage is one that lasts, and the contract-type is one that is disposable and discarded at the rise of problems and terminated for lack of understanding their roles.

Elder Hafen is a Seventy and a former professor and has a lot of knowledge to share from the perspective of a Latter-day Saint. I appreciate his straightforwardness. Even at my age I can learn so much and take his counsel for a successful eternal companionship that will last forever. When one marries they should expect to stay married forever and to the same person.

There is value in reading it together and much opportunity for discussion. The key is to be open and teachable at any stage of your life, I recommend it for all from the newly married to the seasoned married and the pre-married.

Elder Hafen is in the First Quorum of the Seventy since 1996, a former president of Ricks College, former dean of BYU Law School, and recognized family Law Scholar.