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What if a soul meets God? A lot of the questions would go away, because He is real.... Some times believers try to use theology to bypass that: because of being afraid to meet Him since they are taught they will go to hell for any deviation of ideas.

My experience of revelation (dont know if this matches how this is defined by lds) are living dreams he gives me, times he brought me out of this world and showed me things... and when I feel Him near. i learn a lot from each of these but in different ways... and when i’m not having any dream from Him or cannot feel Him near... then I’m down. The other experience was more at the start when i was new. Mostly i just feel Him near. How does lds define a revelation?

It means to me that I listen to Him, and hear Him, and that I try to stay with Him every minute of each day, and pay attention to any living dream he gives me... and read his scripture... And that this is my whole life. I really don't have a life here to speak of... only I live to be His and hear from Him.

Because praying and talking to God are the same thing. Couldn't you talk to someone you love all night long? And, if you think about it, praying is adoring, to be so in love and to want to be relating every second to your loved one. That's how prophets in the OT were with God.

See, that is very interesting how you phrased..because yes there is a way of being nice and pleasant and supposedly sweet (seemingly), yet is not, and is disconnected from God. I'm not lds so I don't know what those things entail, but I'm definitely christian. Example. I work in an office surrounded by atheism among most of the people there. It's a very small office. I try, all I can, to connect to the soul in front of me, not to convince them to be christian, since that can't be forced, and, I'm at work and have limited options to talk about such things, but to bring them out of the superficial and maybe give a hint about a better way to go. So there was a young lady there, atheist as can be yet from a supposedly large christian home. She was having boyfriend trouble, the boy broke up and wasn't too nice throughout. She asked my opinion, so I said, well since you asked, perhaps you would find a real soul, someone who loves you not just for today, if you considered God again, and maybe starting watching, and talking to christians and even maybe consider dating a christian man. Though not all of them are perfect, and please avoid the rapture crowd (grin.) She was polite and I could feel she was ignoring that advice and considered it as not of any interest...however I did try to use that opportunity of trust in me to confide a problem, to give a real suggestion. Not counseling, not warn him of how he was not considerate to women, just simple, return to God and start to hang out with a different crowd. I saw she was closed... and didn't want that...so I dropped it. That was weeks ago. Though I haven't been perfect in that very frustrating office, I've stayed attentive to every opportunity to do what I can to help anyone who is open to God. But yes, she is a perfectly sweet girl in many people's opinion. To me she is harsh as can be even while saying nice things, because I feel she is using her life and how busy she is (doing whatever) as a shield agaInst God. (edit: by rapture i meant a rapture concept where a born again ritual is said in some denominations and then the person says they’re saved and nothing more to do.

I would imagine one can act a certain way and yet not feel it? not so much. acting sweet is not the same for me. Could not something can be made to look sweet yet have a rotten core. In a same way that someone could be attractive yet be souless and uncaring. I meant sweet as the nature of being completely open to God and to the love one, in this case the spouse, in every fiber of one's being. The same I've said of feminine applies to males too, though each has different attributes.

i never assume a woman claiming to be feminist would be mean or nasty. i just find the concept foreign to me personally and a bit less than exciting description of how the feminine is. Some are and some are not.

i don’t believe being sweet is a what one does but what one is, how one is, in their nature ot not. Feminism, to me, represents a modern ism that’s not in scripture. I know that’s not popular or modern to say. What i like more is the ancient view of woman as a most valued protected treasure of her Lord (her husband). Modern points of view have devalued what the feminine is... which is the life and core of her husband... without whom he couldn’t act... being empty. I’m not saying women should ever be slaves, or subservient in the negative sense of abuse. But if both are listening to God that won’t happen and each can be a perfect complement to the other, as truly one. There are many brave women in scripture and they are intrinsic to God’s realm and priceless to Him. But feminism is not a good model for me. Male and female are not a higher and lower and that’s not what i’m suggesting. Without his girl a man would be lost and vice versa, yet today in the age of feminism, a couple may live together yet be alone. This is a very serious subject because when He and she made us in their (“our”) image elohim, as genesis states...that is literal... that feminine has the qualities of her, His wife and that’s a most incredible honorful thing... to be in the nature of deity, which is what he wants for us in heaven... we aren’t just creatures or animals but we are belonging to Gods family. It’s just much better than feminism, which secular philosophies dreamed up... anyway that’s my own view though it may seem very outlier, which im aware of. But ponder the gift of being the glory of male. That’s more incredible than equal right (as a human concept very much substandard to glory, imo.)

Humbly submitted, and I am not LDS... I am christian, and my understanding is that Israel is His People, not a country in the current middle east. His people = His church.

I'm a woman and what i learned is that it hurts to love...for both he and she... and that it helps not to demand or create expectations but to get to know the precious soul in front of you...and love...and love...and leave behind expectations or previous training...for...that soul in front of you is God's, made by Him, and having qualities precious to Him...and our job is to be the most sweet girl we can, and give and give and learn who that often mysterious yet special man is. It means letting go of a lot... forgetting one's own needs..and only to love. Our lives here are not the main focus, at least as far as I understand, so please forgive me to give an opinion, since I don't know you personally, but our lives are but for God, and our focus might not be His yet, because we are here, with a limited view...and so.. the thing to do is forget about oneself and to love the other... and see what happens then..the same with your children...how utterly unconditionally you love them... and then apply that to the other soul, your man in front of you. Anyway, I'm an older person, but that is my two cents, even though I know that it may sound a bit idealistic.

I would skip therapy. Often, a third party can complicate things... so my opinion, as a complete stranger, is for you and he to decide to trust each other and put others second in line, except for God. There is nothing wrong with having a long distance relationship, where you live apart but talk. I wouldn't feel you need to do more than that to consider marriage a success. I know that sounds weird. Most try to express the idea of progress. But consider that the only progress is to God... for all of us here..to be with Him. And that you are doing very well, you love each other and then just stop beating yourselves up... and if that is the case, it's okay not to have to feel you need to meet someone else's expecations. Only God is important. You love each other. Focus on that and don't worry about the externals in this world. ❤️

Looking forward to the forum. I'm new here. : ) I'm not LDS but I know a couple of people who are, over the years, and I have two friends currently who are. I'm christian and enjoy to talk to other Christians without arguing and fighting, just learning and exchanging what we understand. I met one LDS friend on a different evangelical forum, which is a contentious place, and he suggested I try here. Another person I am friends with on FB, a lovely girl who lives in Indiana. When I was a young thing, I was friends with a woman who I know is still LDS though we are seriously out of touch for decades. About me. I retired from it now but I worked as a prof for a long time and wearied of philosophy and theology, when all God wants is a soul, not a robot genius . : ) I'm an older woman who mostly now reads scripture and does not attend any congregation. I've had experiences with God and I met Him and my whole life belongs to Him. I look forward to the opportunity to chat once mods approve my posts. Thank you.

I think that sometimes someone wants things, but then once they are safer, and under the contract, then a problem starts, because it's too easy to ignore the whole picture. I'm female, but I think that often females do not want to ruled by their husband and therefore, a long term battle ensues. It could be the husband is not loving or caring and rules badly, or, that he really tries, and the woman wants to be in charge. But all this is the carnal rearing up.... The male, assuming he is listening to God, must rule the family. And that's it. If there is an oppressive situation, then that's something that of course has to be resolved. Too bad though that both sides enter into an agreement, but hide from the other anything that could be an impediment later. The main thing is that 1) female must submit to male authority, and that 2) both must be submitting to God. If those two conditions are true, then it's okay and anything can be resolvable.

I'm a woman and I wish women were sweet and could drop feminism and didn't have to worry about being out there.

the glory of male is indeed female. I'll post more on this, all three points.