DIVORCE?

Dear Father, we join hands and kneel together
We want to see this marriage last forever
Help us keep our love precious and living
While there is prospect of life and of healing
Help us be hopeful, considerate and kind
We unite in this plea and in this hard climb
Soften hearts; help wounds mend though there is much pain
Help us to see the good side for there's much to gain
Help us be patient again and again, with whom should be our best friend
Help us count our companion as our blessing Thou did send

United most humbly, we seek for thy guidance
Healed by the atonement as our second chance
Yes, we know life was not meant to be an easy ride
Yet, we've so much to overcome- there are thorns on every side
Help us remember the good of the past
To think of the children first and of our needs last
We've hope for their future and of their well being
We've our bishop's judgment and his counseling
And as we can dwell up wrongs, then, seemingly lengthened
Help us overcome our own faults with love that's strengthened

Dallin H. Oaks
Divorce
Ensign, May 2007, 70-73