Eternal Goals

Today at Seminary, Sister Comber asked us what we would ask for from Christ, if we could ask for one thing. To me, the answer came rather easily. I want help in choosing the right husband. I know it is far off, I have years and years to grow and mature(Thank GOODNESS.) But still, to me, thinking about this specific issue can be a source of anxiety. 

I so want my husband and myself to have the same goals. I've seen temple marriages that haven't worked out, and so I know that a temple wedding alone doesn't seal the deal. If a couple doesn't go into the temple with the same goals for their lives, a temple wedding won't keep them together. The scarier thing to me, though, is when even though a couple goes in with the same goals, those goals change for the worse or disappear all together. To me, that would be the ultimate betrayal. Yes, I want to change and mature and grow and learn throughout my life, but I want my ETERNAL goals to remain the same. It is just scary sometimes to think that when you are married, for time and all eternity, you are really tying yourself to someone in the most intimate way. And what if they change for the worse? I am going to do everything in my power to change for the better and find an eternal partner who will do his very best to change positively, too.

So, what are my goals? They're really goals that I've set to help me reach my Eternal Goal of eternal life. I want my husband and myself to be worthy to be married in the temple and to remain worthy. I want my husband and I to keep our covenants to God and to one another. I want to raise and teach my children the Gospel. I want to teach them to be Christ-like. I want family scripture study and prayer to be a priority. 

I'm going to live worthy now to find someone worthy when the time comes for me to make that choice. And I'm going to do whatever I can to keep my eternal goals in perspective, and also to keep them as goals for my entire family for my entire life.