Joyce Ohene-amoah

Building a Healthy Lasting Marriage Joyce Ohene-amoah

Marriage is a blessing from God and it requires a person to be moral. Before getting married one must be old enough to know what is right and what is wrong. He or she must be willing to live a life that follows what is right. Before getting married a man should be willing to give up living in a manner that is not right before God, a woman should be willing to give up any sinful behavior. Two are better than one for they can help each other in succeeding. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people a man and a woman lying down together can keep each other warm. But how can one be alone. Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together let not man separate." Matthew 19: 5-6 It so simple, yet so many take for granted the very covenant that is made with God on the marriage day. The words of love are said over and over as thousands upon thousands stand before God pledging their love to one another. Having made us male and female, God instituted marriage for the proper expression and exploration of our masculinity and femininity. To enjoy marriage as God intended we must live it as He instructed. This is the way to bring gladness to our hearts and glory to our God in marriage. May God help us to have better marriage and better families honor and glorifying Him.