Like many people, Marvin K. Gardner and his wife, Mary, sometimes feel discouraged about how things are going in their family.
“Even though we have been abundantly blessed over the years, there are moments when we need to be reminded that Heavenly Father is pleased with the efforts of ordinary people—like us—and of less-than-perfect families—like ours,” Gardner wrote to the Church News.
That is why he accepted the Hymnbook Committee’s invitation in 2021 to write lyrics for a possible new hymn about home and family. Gardner is on the committee’s text editorial team.
“The committee wanted something that would remind each of us that whatever our marital or family circumstances may be, Heavenly Father loves us and is eager to bless our home,” Gardner said.
The result was “Love Will Bless Our Home,” which was added in the February 2026 release of new hymns in Hymns for Home and Church, the new global hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Visit the Church News to learn more about Gardner’s process in writing the new hymn.
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