Chapter 34: Day of Grace

We have time to repent but there is a limit to that.  There will come a time when time will be up.  If we continue engaging in Deal Breakers without repentance repeatedly throughout a God-determined grace period, we will lose certain privileges and chances.  

"And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again, and I saw that the day of grace was passed with them, both temporally and spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land. And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away." ~Mormon 2:15

"For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man. And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy destruction, and this grieveth my soul." ~2 Nephi 26:11

So what is a God-determined grace period?  How do we know when time is up?  How do we know we have held steadfast in speaking our spouse’s Love Language in Charity long enough without him voluntarily reciprocating?  The only way to determine this grace period is to surrender our will to God.  “...be it unto me, according to thy word” (Luke 1:38). 

We actually pledge ourselves to him and say, “Yes, this is hard for me and no I don’t like it, but if this is what it takes to obtain a Soulmates Marriage, then I will suffer it.”  We say this because our faith is in God and in his Values.  We totally trust him.  We give up our life to him.  We know that nothing good comes from turning to our own Deal Breakers just because our needs are not being presently met.  We know that the only way out of this bondage is to continue developing our ability to sacrifice in his name (God’s Love Language—Charity) for our spouse and for our children.  No, we won’t be perfect in this because we’ve not yet climbed to the top of the mountain.  We’ll make mistakes too.  We need to continue to repent for our mistakes regardless of the mistakes of others.  

This is one of those cases where we can plainly see two wrongs really don’t make a right.  Even if our spouse is making mistakes, it doesn’t mean we’re perfect and we’re not going to make mistakes.  So we just keep going the best we know how with faith in Christ, learning, growing, becoming more than what we were (#Motes&Beams).  God will be the judge of both of us.  If our spouse does not repent given the God-determined grace period while we are continually striving to maintain our faith and repenting, we will hear God’s will loud and clear.  We will know when time is up.  When we continuously repent and are the first to recognize we aren't there yet, we will know when God’s will is to separate us from this bondage relationship so that we might develop another with someone who is willing to remain faithful to God and to us at the Love Language Proficiency level we BOTH need to fulfill the measure of our creation.