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| I Want to Be a Husband |
I want to be a husband--your husband. I want to lift you from undue
care and worry. I want to provide sufficient for our family needs so
that life will be pleasant for you.
I want to set a proper example for you and for our children so you
may always be able to say with pride and satisfaction, "This is my
husband. This is our father." I realize the many times I have failed
to live up to your expectations. I want you to have patience with me
and be forgiving when I make mistakes. Know this, my dear: I don't
want to make errors. I have committed to use my agency in doing what
is right, and when I do wrong it is not from a heart that wants to do
wrong, but from a weakness I have not yet overcome. I hope I will
always be willing to accept your helpful criticisms and suggestions, that I may improve upon my conduct.
I want to honor my priesthood in the way the Lord revealed it should
be honored through the Prophet Joseph Smith. Therefore, I would like
to direct my home and family by persuasion, longsuffering, gentleness, meekness, and by love unfeigned--by kindness and pure knowledge, with
charity and forgiveness at all times.
I want to refrain from setting my heart too much upon the things of
this world and from aspiring to the honors of men.
I want to show that I know that the rights of the priesthood are
inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers
of heaven can only be controlled or handled upon the principles of
righteousness.
To all with whom I labor in my profession and in the Church, I want
to be an example of what the Savior taught.
And, finally, I want to be understanding, kind, and thoughtful of
your every need. I want my love for you and our posterity to grow
until it becomes a perfect love--a love that makes us one in all
things for time and for all eternity. With God's help, I hope to
become that husband and father to you and to ours.
-- Alma P. Burton |
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