And Two Become One

God has sent many souls male and female to earth to live out their mortal life. Each of those souls with different identities and purposes. Because God has lived a mortal life and all of the challenges that ensue, he knows what is needed for the eternal success for his own children. In 1995 the LDS church released a written statement to the world about the family that explains God's design for males, females and families. "ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny...... By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners." The Family, A Proclamation to the World  God did not send us to earth to fail, he loves us and wants us to return to him, He sent us to succeed and has provided the way.

The way to eternal success is through covenant marriage and the creation of the family. In the book, Successful Marriages and Families, it states, ""God" means an exalted man and exalted woman united in the everlasting covenant of marriage" (Hudson, Miller, 2011, Ch 4). Man needs woman, and woman needs man to become exalted. Because of this God created man and woman to compliment one another and when joined together to become equal or whole, they need each other to be complete. The man's calling and the woman's calling differ but both are need for a successful family. 

In my family my husband is the provider. He wakes up five days a week, early in the morning, and goes to work to provide for our family. I support and love him in this by taking care of and watching over the home in his absence (when he is home this responsibility lies equally between us both), parenting the children and being there for his successes and his failures. Early on in our marriage my support was different. We needed extra income as he pursued an education and his income would not sustain. For many years I cared for children in the home and held an in home preschool to supplement our income. He is now making a good income and supporting my endeavors in education by taking more responsibility at home, with parenting and happily carrying the financial burden. I have seen firsts hand how my identity matched with my husbands is a divine institute and necessity for happiness and fulfillment in life. I am grateful for our differences and for a loving Heavenly Father who perfectly designed us to succeed together.