Temple Marriage

Not every girl gets to have two weddings!

Around this time last year we were married for our mortal lives in the presence of all our family & friends. 

But TODAY... We were married for all of eternity, Forever and ever! 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints teaches that families are eternal, meaning they go beyond this lifetime and into the afterlife.

The following are direct quotations from 'The Family: A Proclamation to the World

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.

WE DECLARE the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.

HUSBAND AND WIFE have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.

This is the very sweet man who said this, Gordon B Hinckley the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from 1995-2008

The Family is such a central part of the Lords plan for us, It is a place for us to learn, to experience joy and grow as a unit. 

"Individual progression is fostered in the family, which is‘central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children." Salvation and Exaltation; Russell M. Nelson

I would like to repeat something that our sealer said during our ceremony. He said that a civil marriage is a contract that binds husband and wife legally for their lives. A temple marriage is an ordinance that binds husband and wife with not only God, but also with all our ancestors from the past and those who have yet to be born in a very large chain of eternity.

  Can I just say, How cool is that!? how cool is it that Mark and I who are now married for eternity and now sealed so that all children that are born to us will also be sealed to us for FOR-EVER. 

For more information on eternal marriage and its necessity, head to 

http://www.mormon.org.uk/beliefs/plan-of-salvation