Lessons from Isaac and Rebekah

Someone once explained to me that if the power of God is like electricity, then covenants are like outlets. As I've studied more about Ordinances and Covenants, especially from the D&C, that object lesson really makes sense. Covenants are given to us so that we will stay in connection with the power of God. Through experiences, I've learned in my life that grace, the power of God, really es always accessible. And that His power comes into my life when He asks me to make promises to Him, and then to keep them.

During this last week I taught about Rebekah and Isaac. In my studies I have thought a lot about their marriage story. Although I don't know all of the details, it struck me that both of them (with support from their parents) went to so much effort to marry someone who believed in God and would be able to make a covenant to worship Him in connection with their marriage. They were both very adamant that they should not marry someone who was not from the covenant line.

From Rebekah and Isaac I have once again realized how much my marriage has pointed me toward Christ. Our covenant to each other, and to God, really has been the outlet that has plugged us in to grace. I've also realized how grace and the Spirit have been in our experiences and in our home when we have kept our marriage promises. Most of all, this truth is what has stuck out: being married in the temple, and returning often, has been really important because I keep my marriage promises best when I keep God at the forefront of my life.