President Gordon B. Hinckley served as the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 1995-January 2008. He was a great man who loved and served the Lord. There were many things I admired about him.
One great example he gave throughout his life, was how to have a great marriage. He said these sweet and tender words about his wife. I hope we can all feel this way about our spouse.
“I look upon my dear wife, soon to be 92 years of age. Her hair is white; her frame is stooped. I take one of her hands in mine and look at it. Once it was so beautiful, the flesh firm and clear. Now it is wrinkled and a little bony and not very strong. But it speaks of love and constancy and faith, of hard work through the years. Her memory is not what it once was. She can remember things that happened half a century ago but may not remember what happened half an hour ago. I am like that, too. But I am so grateful for her. For 66 years we have walked together, hand in hand, with love and encouragement, with appreciation and respect. It cannot be very long before one of us will step through the veil. I hope the other will follow soon. I just would not know how to get along without her, even on the other side, and I would hope that she would not know how to get along without me.”
Gordon B. Hinckley, “To the Women of the Church,” Liahona, Nov 2003, 113–15
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