Forgiveness and respect are two more on the list of principles that make marriage and family success.

In The Family; A Proclamation to the World, 15 prophets, seers, and revelators have proclaimed nine central principles that make marriage and family successful. Here we begin with Repentance.

The Lord has give two requirement to make a marriage last eternally. Perhaps we have emphasized the wrong one and need to adjust our thinking.

No one finds an eternal companion like they found investigators in the mission field. The rules of revelation are different.

Now we turn our attention to divine helps in our persuit of an eternal companion. Knowing that our exaltation is Heavenly Father's highest priority, we should expect His help in finding an eternal companion.

Being that soul that would rather fail than live with the fact that you did not even try will not only help in finding an eternal companion, but will help in succeeding in the latter-days.

In balance to not granting repentance, we must also recognize when change is not occuring and deal-breakers are likely to remain deal-breakers.

Expecting a future spouse to be free of mistakes, even big ones, might cause us to miss out on some wonderful, repentant people. Like God does to each of us, we should grant a probationary state

Putting a Preference on the Deal-breaker list means we narrow our pool and exclude some who might be a match. Putting a Deal-breaker on the preference list means a likely painful breakup later.

Many are looking for someone just like them. Perhaps the best match is someone who is strong where you are weak.