“Single members of the Church often ask, “How do I find the
right person to marry?” Let me suggest an approach. Measure the spiritual level
of your potential future companions. First, if they are members of the Church,
are they active and fully committed, or are they passive or antagonistic?
Second, if they are not members, are they receptive to the gospel and its
teachings, or are they noncommittal or antagonistic?
“If you marry an active member in the temple for time and
all eternity in the new and everlasting covenant, will you have problems? Yes.
Will you be able to solve them? Yes. Will your chance be better to solve them
and strengthen your testimony than if you had not married in the temple? Yes.
But if you marry somebody who is antagonistic to the Church or passive toward
the gospel, you are placing yourself in a position where you will find someday
that you may have to choose between that individual and the Church. That is a
very heavy responsibility.
“When you are choosing your companion, make sure that both
of you have a desire for a celestial marriage relationship, a desire to have a
companion for eternity, a desire to have a family for eternity, and a desire to
live in the presence of our Heavenly Father.”
Elder Robert D. Hales, “A Little Heaven on Earth,” Ensign
Sept 2011, 46.
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