Recieving faith and a sign from God; Just like when the Iron is Hot

       There are many questions reguarding faith and wanting signs from God. What is faith? How can I believe something without seeing it first? How can I obtain faith? God gave signs to people in the past, so why not me? These are all questions that many people have asked, and many more. Well I would like to compare faith and recieving signs to a hot iron.
       I was told this analogy that really changed my attitude: if someone held up a hot iron, so you could see the glowing white and orange, and said this is hot. would you believe them? What if you were blind folded? Would you trust and have faith in them? Or would you insist on having a sign first and having that iron placed on your chest so that you could know that it was hot?
       In Doctrine and Covenants 63: 9-10 it says: "9 But, behold, faith cometh not by signs, but signs follow those that believe. 10 Yea, signs come by faith, not by the will of men, nor as they please, but by the will of God."
       Then in the Book of Mormon in Ether 12:6 it says: "And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye recieve no winess until after the trial of your faith."
       That blindfold that was talked about in the analogy will not come off, no matter how hard we fight against it, until we excersize  just a particle of faith. Just by trusting in our Father in Heaven we are excersizing faith. Just like it said in D&C 63:9 " But, behold, faith cometh not by signs, but signs fallow those that believe." And as well, as it said in D&C 63:10, we will not recieve signs by our will but by only  the Lords will, will we recieve any answere.
       Going back to Ether 12:6 it says "... wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye recieve no witness until after the trial of your faith." AFTER we excersize some faith and believe in Heavenly Father and his prophet, in which he has called, then shall He take that blindfold from us and show us the glowing of the iron rod that is set before us.
       It is my testimony that those who are asking any of these questions, or ones like it, that they dont wait for that hot iron to be pressed on their chest. Pray to our Father in Heaven and open your heart unto him. He is here for us and he loves each of us. I have done this very thing and I have had the blindfold taken off. I know that God lives and that His son, Jesus Christ, is my savior. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is His true and living church. I know that Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God and  that Thomas S. Monson is the acting Prophet today. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Using Scriptures to help your Marriage

       One of our greatest blessings is families. Our loving Heavenly Father has blessed us with families for us to raise our children in and to let ourselves grow as well. He has blessed us to create life. He knows and understands the responsibility that he has given us. But do we?

       He also knows and understands that we are not perfect and therefore we all argue. He knows each one of us and our attitude. He has provided us with scriptures for us to learn and study from. He has talked about marriage and husband and wife relationships in 1 Corinthians 7: 2-5. These verses describe how a husband and wife can love one another and learn to strengthen each other.

       In verse 3 it says "Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and like-wise also the wife unto the husband."

       At the bottom of the page where the footnotes are, if you look at footnote "c" for benevolence it says: love within family; continuing courtship in marriage. So according to the scriptures the husband has to show love within his own family and to continue courtship in the marriage with his wife. And the same goes for the wife as well.

       Then in verse 4 it says "The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife."

       This verse does not mean you have control over your spouse's body. It simply means that both the husband and the wife are to work together and they are to work and do as one. They are married and therefore must work side by side in order to accomplish anything. When it says that your spouse is in charge of your body and your are in charge of theirs then we are to respect one another. Like this verse says, they have control of our body, so if we respect them then we are respecting what is ours.

        In verse 5 it says "Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."

       The footnote for defraud says " depart ye not one from the other..." What this verse is saying is to not leave your spouse without consent. And if you both do decide to split up for a time do it with much fasting and prayer. Then "...come together again, that Satan..." In the footnote for Satan it says "use self control." Control yourself when speaking with one another. The next word in the verse is "tempt" the footnote for that says "lust." So we are to use self control over our lusts and work together as one. This way we don't give into the temptation to lust after our anger and then say or do something that we will regret.

       God blesses families. Families start by the husband and wife promising to love one another and take care of one another in their marriage. We will all have different trials in our life and different situations that we will face. We are given scriptures for us to learn from. Use these verses to strengthen yourself and your marriage, if you need them, then share them with others who are in need of help.