In I Like Me, Anyway Brooke Romney shares that at a TOFW event the question was asked, "My husband is struggling with a pornography addiction and I'm struggling because of it. How can I love him through this?"
There were several good answers given.
Then Brooke felt prompted to say that she should consider how she would act if it was her son. How would she treat him? How would she want others to treat him? Would she pray with him, encourage him, love him and maintain hope? If so, then maybe she could do the same things for her husband.
Brooke writes, "What might our world be like if we all committed to this cause? Can we smile at that teenager with the wild friends and loud music and get to know him instead of rolling our eyes? Can we talk less about the schoolyard bully and invite her to play? Can we listen to people who are marginalized and figure out how to be an ally?"
As Sharon Eubank said in conference, we can all be better at keeping others' names safe. In being a source of love. Writing of "Father Knight", Emily Freeman said, "His rule of life was love." I want to be like that.
LESSONS LEARNED: Keep people's names safe.
Love those who are struggling as you would if it were your child. Try to see them as the Father does.
Let my rule of life be LOVE!
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