Musings on Marriage

June used to be the month for weddings. Times have changed and one month is almost as popular as another anymore. Nevertheless, when June comes around marriage is still on the minds of a lot of folks.

Weddings are stressful, but happy times for families. They are generally expensive, time consuming, labor intensive undertakings. But, they are packed with promise and enough memories to fill the heart with joy for a lifetime.

Few decisions in life have greater potential for bringing happiness to our lives than the choice of our life’s companion. The original intent of the Creator was for one man and one woman to be joined for life in the bonds of holy matrimony (Genesis 2:18-24). Marriage was designed by God to satisfy our longing for companionship and intimacy, and to provide an appropriate setting for reproduction and child rearing. Marriage, as God intended it, brings permanence and stability to society.

Sadly, not everyone comes to marriage with the commitment to the institution, the laws of God, or their mate which marriage demands. There are probably few events in life which bring more heartache and misery to lives than the trauma of divorce. Divorce is seldom the right choice. God hates it (Malachi 2:16).

Given the seriousness of marriage, it is not a decision which should be entered into lightly. And, once made, it should not be dissolved easily or hastily.

There are no problems in troubled marriages which lack solutions. There are only people who refuse to find and accept them. A failure to honor God’s plan for marriage will take a heavy physical, emotional, and spiritual toll!

To those who are contemplating marriage this month, and in the months ahead, please be true to your commitment. There are no perfect marriages, because there are no perfect people. But, if we are true to God’s laws, and faithful to our vows, we will be richly blessed in marriage.

If you find yourself in a troubled marriage, seek solutions not dissolution.