Yesterday, I performed a wedding for Jane Swallow and Ken Ward. I hadn't ever done a wedding, and I was quite nervous. This is (not word-for-word) the council I gave before performing the ceremony:
If we read the scriptures, we learn that the creation wasn't complete until SHE was created. She was the crowning event, and only then was the work done. My counsel to you, Ken, is to remember that she is heaven's last, best gift. She is to be treated as such with patience, kindness, and love.
If you read in the scriptures, Jane, you might think the description of man is less stellar. God created him, and then promptly declared that it would be better if he weren't left alone. And that he would need help. But if you continue reading, you learn about man's enormous potential to do good, and to bring about good in the lives of others. My counsel to you, Jane, is to help him in patience, kindness, and love.
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