Marriage

What is marriage?

                This is a topic that has been coming up a lot in my household. All of our friends are either married, in a committed relationship, engaged, divorced or single. I always thought as a child that I would get married when I was done with college. 5 years later, 23 years old and I'm still in college and not married. I'm getting closer to being married everyday and starting the beginning of my life with Him. It's not simply taking his last name or "playing house", it's creating one life with the person you cannot live without. It is making memories together, having a family, sharing responsibilities, sharing feelings and dislikes, and taking care of each other till death do you part. It is a sacrament of the Lord, Intended to unite two people into Holy Matrimony and be faithful to the marriage and God.

“… the LORD hath been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously: yet is she your companion, and the wife of your covenant.” Malachi 2:14
               No where in your vows (Your agreement with each other and GOD) does it mention, "I don't love you anymore, let's divorce." Today in society, it is widely accepted to divorce when a marriage has "irreconcilable differences" or "let's get this thing annulled, we weren't meant to be together."

               Should I be afraid to want to commit to a person for the rest of my life, since we both believe that divorce is never the answer? Does everybody say that when they get married, "we will always work through it?" Many think that it's just a piece of paper with two signatures vowing to be together forever. That piece of paper is a contract in the physical sense, but spiritually it cannot be broken.

                It's disappointing when friends and loved ones get divorced. It makes you really think about the life you live with the one you love and how your relationship is growing. How can you end something so permanently, won't you regret it, is can't be solved? These are the thoughts that have been rolling in mine and Phillip's mind this past week.

              When I make that vow to him, I will make it to God as well as myself, that my union will never be broken until death do us part.

"If you live to be one hundred years old, I want to live one hundred years minus one day so that I never have to live without you." -Unknown

This is not meant to offend anybody, simply my opinion and fears.

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