'A never failing formula for successful marriage'
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PROVO, Utah — Amid a troubled world, said Clyde J. Williams during BYU Campus Education Week Aug. 17, a person can find joy by "making their marriage better."
Brother Williams, a BYU associate professor of ancient scripture, shared with the education week audience "a never failing formula for successful marriage," written by President Spencer W. Kimball. President Kimball asked Church members to do five things concerning marriage, said Brother Williams.
Avoid selfishness
"Selfishness is an element that breaks and corrodes and destroys marriages as it destroys lives and all that is good," said Brother Williams, quoting President Kimball.
Use effective communication
To communicate one must listen to a spouse and observe his or her needs, he said.
Spend time together
"We need to show interest in each other's hobbies," said Brother Williams. "We need to give up some of our personal interest time for more mutual relationship time."
Build and maintain spirituality
"It is so important that we pray together, that we read the scriptures, that we attend the temple," he said.
Keep your heart single
"We have an absolute responsibility to be faithful to our companion," Brother Williams said. "I don't know of anything more reassuring than to know that you can trust your companion implicitly."
