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The Two Must Walk Together

by David Arellano(1)
Family Management Team

There’s more Census reports that indicate a frightening number of husbands and wives live separated from each other. Add to this the millions of couples who live under the same roof but are separated in spirit, and the outlook is even dimmer. Sometimes these homes are openly acknowledged battlegrounds, and sometimes there is a mutually tolerated truce—he goes his way and she goes hers, and never the twain shall meet! They may remain married for the sake of the children or for their reputations, but instead of enjoying heavenly bliss they endure a virtual hell on earth.

What is causing the breakdown of our homes? Sociologists have suggested several reasons for it:
(1) Mobility. One out of three families in which the husband is under thirty-five moves each year. This tends to breed insecurity and instability.
(2) The depersonalization of human beings in our computerized society. The resultant loneliness, aimlessness, frustration, despair, and self-pity are certainly not conducive to successful marriages.
(3) The sexual revolution. Premarital and extramarital affairs are among the most deadly and destructive forces attacking marriage today.
(4) Affluence. Our materialistic culture practically eliminates the meaningful interpersonal relationships necessary for a happy home.
(5) Growing permissiveness in training children. We are producing an undisciplined generation of young people who are poorly equipped to establish successful homes.
(6) Radio and TV. Their shallow portrayals of love and their addictive tyranny of time make an effective home life most difficult.
The biblical strategy for choosing a life partner is to seek God’s will in prayer and then trust Him to lead. It never occurs to some Christian young people that God may want to guide them in this decision, so they pursue various relationships without ever consulting Him, and they let “chemistry” guide them rather than Christ. His Word says, “… in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6).

So many marital problems could be avoided if Christian couples would recognize the hand of God in every situation of life. The psalmist said, “Whatever the Lord pleases He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deep places” (Psalm 135:6).

 There is nobody in this world I would rather have for parents than my mom and dad. I love them and appreciate them more than I can say, and my prayer to God is that if I have a family some day, I, too, can model His love to my wife and kids as Mom and Dad did to me.

                                                 

Article submitted Sunday, January 17, 2010 & read 128 times.

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