Pastor Jennifer Dawodu
[biblegateway passage=”Genesis 2:23-25″ display=”Genesis 2:23-25″]
It’s confusing when a young lady says she does not know who to marry. As a Christian sister, you marry a man who is a Christian and is ready to obey the command in the above text.
You must also be able to answer the following questions: ‘What assignment has he been given?’, and ‘How is he handling it?’
Cleaving is impossible if a man does not leave. One of reasons divorce is so rampant today is because men do not leave and cleave. They do not leave their parents, past relationships, siblings etc. Children must be brought up such that one day they will be ready to leave. We do not look back when we leave.
When God says He hates divorce, it is because He knows the product. He is the God Who sees the end from the beginning. Statistics has shown that a majority of people who end up in prison are from broken homes.
Marriage is to be enjoyed not endured. This is why you must have a solid conviction and also carry your Pastor(s) along in your choice of a life partner. A lot of people rush into marriage because of the excuse that they are lonely. Marriage does not solve loneliness. There are married women who still feel lonely.
Marriage is a beautiful thing and there are many beautiful testimonies to that effect.
You don’t know any man until you start living with them. If God is backing you up, the same way challenges come is the same way they will leave. God promises when we pass through fire, we will not be consumed. The sheer fact that God makes such a promise is proof that the fire will come.
Marriages pass through fire but the ones that survive make it because of God’s involvement. God’s covenant is sure.