Hi, I'm Emma Michelle

About Me

I am a SAHM of crazy toddler boy and am expecting number two in late fall. I was sealed to my Prince Charming nearly 6 years ago in the Salt Lake Temple. I graduated from BYU majoring in Advertising and worked for a few years before settling down to be a mommy. I love blogging and quick crafty projects.

Why I am a Mormon

I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and the message of hope and love that it offers. I love the church's focus on the family and knowing that we can be together forever. There are so many wonderful truths that bring happiness in to my life. As I read the Book of Mormon daily it strengthens me and teaches me how I can return to live with my Father in Heaven and Savior.

Personal Stories

What are you doing to help strengthen your family and make it successful?

Every night, we sit down and eat dinner as a family. When it is time for bed, we say family prayer, a family cheer, and have a big group hug.

How I live my faith

I work with the Young Women in my ward and adore my calling. I am specifically over the 12-13 year olds which is especially rewarding as they are so eager to learn and participate. I love working with the youth and know that is where I am meant to be!

What is the role of the husband and the wife in the family?

Emma Michelle answered...

The role of the husband is to provide for the family. This means not only monetarily, but emotionally and spiritually as well. The role of the Wife is the nurturer. She is to teach her family and show them support and love. Both members have important roles in the family and are to lead their family together in righteousness.
Katie answered...

Husband and wife in a marriage are meant to be equal, partners. The husband is the head of the household and is responsible for the temporal welfare of his family. His role is to support his wife. The wife is also to support her husband and to nurture her family both spiritually and emotionally. Husband and wife are meant to work side by side in providing a safe haven from the world for their family. Their roles are different, but equally important and essential to building the family and the community.

Can husband and wife be together forever? Do you believe that families will live together in heaven?

Matt answered...

The Lord would not command us to love each other so much during our lives only to tear us apart in the next life. We are one flesh just as the Lord is one with his church. The scriptures say that we are not to be put asunder.
Christ gave his apostles special revelations on this subject:
Matthew, Chapter 16:
Jesus said to his apostles:
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

What else would his apostles bind, and what else could the Savior mean, if not marriages? Christ put no limit on their binding power to bind relationships and covenants. Their power extends into heaven.
And he continued by saying:
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
– because some things are kept sacred until later times when the world is ready to receive them.
Temple sealing and eternal marriage are primarily the subject of modern revelation through prophets in our time.

In the latter days, according to prophecy, Elijah has returned to join families together. Malachi 4:5-6. We believe that prophets in each age bring new revelation from God. Amos 3:7.
This latter day revelation has finally made clear how families are kept together in heaven—something people have wondered about throughout the ages. (Ephesians 5:32, wherein it says that the subject of marriage in Biblical times was “a great mystery”). In our time, the purpose of marriage and family is clear: ordinances are being performed to unite the whole human family throughout all dispensations of time. It is a unique work for the latter days. These modern revelations free human kind from the depressing, and divorce-promoting idea that the family becomes meaningless in the life hereafter. The Lord would not put us in a world so alien to our heavenly home. In heaven, families are the eternal organizational unit in his kingdom.