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How to Have a Happy Marriage
One wonders how they ever got together
in
the first place.
But back in high school or college, they thought they fell
in
love. There was physical attraction. A whirlwind romance.
Excitement. Marriage.
But after the honeymoon, when faced with the real life
of work, a home and planning for children, a man and wife
are sometimes worlds apart.
So, first of all, if you are not yet married, before you
make that commitment, be sure you marry a person with
whom you can share your thoughts and feelings. You should
marry a person who will be your very best friend.
If
you are already married, and you can candidly admit
that your mate is not your closest friend, you need
to
start
building that friendship right now!
Friends share their most intimate thoughts and feelings.
A friend is someone you turn
to
in time of need. And what
better person is there for such intimacy than your mate?
Of course we all need close friends to give help
to
or to
receive help from. Usually those close friends of the same sex
will be a relative, a friend from our school days, someone we
work with or a neighbor.
But still, once you are married, there should be no person
you are closer to than your husband or wife.
Sharing Spiritual Goals
Perhaps more than any other reason that marriages are
unhappy is the lack of understanding that marriage was
designed and created by the eternal God.
From the creation of this present order of nature, laws
instituted for the marital relationship have been in effect.
Adherence to them ensures happiness. Ignored, God's broken
laws take their toll.
When the apostle Peter wrote in the Greek Scriptures
about marriage he said husbands and wives are "heirs to–
gether of the grace of life ...." Why? He reminded husbands
to think on this important spiritual truth. "... that your
prayers may not be hindered" (I Pet. 3:7). Peter thus
showed that even our personal relationship with God is
affected by our marital relationships. Prayers can be hindered
when we don't follow God's laws and instructions about