As the bishop of our ward, one of Jason's great privileges is to conduct weddings and marry people.
Our sweet friends were married a few weekends back, and Jason was just a little bit nervous about performing his first wedding. He gave great words of counsel and advice based on this talk, which I then created a wedding gift out of.
If you want something to last forever
you treat it differently.
You shield it and protect it.
You never abuse it.
You don't expose it to the elements.
You don't make it common or ordinary.
If it every becomes tarnished,
you lovingly polish it
until it gleams like new.
It becomes special
Because you made it so
and it grows more beautiful and precious
as time goes by.
That quote used to sit on my desk at work when we were newlyweds, and after 14 years together I can testify that it's more true than ever. If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently, indeed.
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