Marriage in the Covenant

Genesis 24:1-4
Abraham was concerned that Isaac would have to marry someone outside of the covenant, so he sent his servant to find Isaac a wife that would allow him to marry in the covenant. He was concerned that marrying outside the covenant would cause Isaac to turn away from the Lord. Abraham understands the importance of the marriage covenant. If Isaac married in the covenant there is a much greater chance that they would teach their children to believe, that the covenants would continue on. He understands that without it one cannot receive exaltation. The promises that are associated with eternal marriage are eternal. They are still just as important to us today as they were to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They are still as essential for us, and the consequences of not keeping those covenants or choosing to not enter into the covenants also still remains the same.

Genesis 24:15-67 Attributes of Rebekah
24:18-19 - She was willing to draw water for the servant as well as for his camels. Camels drink a lot of water, and yet without hesitating she offered to draw water for all of them. This shows that she is generous, quick to serve, and willing to work hard.

24:25 - She offered her home to Abraham's servant. This shows again that she is generous and willing to give of what she has to others.

24:58 - She was willing to leave with Abraham's servant so quickly after he got there. This shows that she had tremendous faith to be willing to leave all her family behind to go and be Isaac's wife.

Genesis 27:46; 28:1-4
Isaac and Rebekah were concerned that Jacob would marry one of the daughters of the Canaanites. They wanted him to have the opportunity to continue in the covenant and enter into the marriage covenant as they had.

Genesis 29:1-30
Jacob was willing to work for seven years for Rachel. When he found that he had been married to Leah instead of Rachel, he was willing to work for another seven years to be married to Rachel. Laban allowed him to marry Rachel after Leah's week of wedding festivities were over, but he still had to work for those seven years.

I am so grateful for the eternal marriage that I have been blessed with! I am so grateful to be married to a worthy man. I knew when we decided to get married that a lot of my family members would have a hard time with me getting married, I knew that school would be much harder especially if we had children while we were still in school, I knew that having children would not be easy, I knew that marriage would require a lot of faith and effort, but most importantly, I knew that it was absolutely the right thing to do. Heavenly Father had made that very clear to me. I am so grateful for the decision that I made to be married in the temple to Robby. He is incredible! I am so lucky to have him. He works so hard for our family and does so much for us. It makes me want to be the best wife to him and mother to our children that I can be! Do we have a perfect marriage? No, but we have a perfecting one. One that we are always striving to improve, make stronger, and make eternal. We are here to help strengthen each other and lead each other and our family back to Christ and our Father in Heaven! I am so grateful for Robby's leadership in our home. I hope that I can have these qualities of Rebekah and always be willing to serve my family and become the woman, mother and wife that the Lord would have me become!