Lots of people love weddings.
Weddings are fun. Pomp, ceremony, fancy clothes you don't normally get to wear, celebrations, often too much alcohol, ritual humiliation of the groom, ritual celebration of the bride. It all makes for a fantastic day.
More than just a wedding
But marriage is more than just a day in fancy clothes. It is more than just a few words of commitment uttered in front of lots of people. It is a lifelong commitment of two people, a man and a woman, to each other. But does this love and commitment end in our happily ever after?
Sadly the marriage failure rate is horrifically high (and divorce statistics bear this out). But why is this the case? Bible teaching says that people ought to try to work things out. Jesus taught that we should think of others first. But this is hard in practise. But should "hard in practise" stop us trying?
Hard work
Marriage is a two way street. It is a partnership we have entered into and for it to work both partners need to realise they need to work. This is where talking about problems in marriage is helpful.
We don't necessarily come from backgrounds where talking is a given priority. Natural conversation about problems can be stifled by all sorts of issues. Upbringing, prejudices, education, home life. The natural instincts can prevent us from communicating what we actually think in an effective way.
Men want to fix. Women want to empathise.
Want to improve?
God's plan for marriage is that man and woman should relate to each other but this plan relies on individuals who are willing to apply His principles to make it happen. For this to happen we need to talk. If you feel you would like to improve your marriage relationship, based on God's priorities, by talking openly about God's plan:
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