A Family is Born

©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson

Man and woman.
Heaven’s grace
reaching, touching
altar’s lace.
Gift of God,
the sealing power.
Life eternal
from that hour
is theirs. A prize
to lose or keep
by covenant
that runs heart-deep.
A family born.
A promise sure.
If man and woman
but endure.

“His seed also will I make to endure forever,
and his throne as the days of heaven.”
Psalms 89:29

“Marriage and family are ordained of God.
The family is the most important social unit in time and eternity.”
Russell M. Nelson

“Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be.”
Robert Browning

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A Promise for Eternity Easter Collection Reflections in the Sealing Room Daughters of God