Luke 14 : 28-30

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Your Spouse can be your best friend -Part 1

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The fact cannot be over emphasised that you are entrusting your entire life and destiny to this person forever and a wrong choice can have a tremendous effect on your future wellbeing. The person you choose can either make you or break you. Your life partner has the opportunity to accelerate your promotion or totally destroy it.
PREPARATION IS KEY
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish. ‘(Luke 14: 28 -30)
It is strange that we prepare for almost everything in life but hardly prepare for marriage. We prepare to drive by going for driving lessons and tests. Actors rehearse for weeks and month before presenting a production.
We spend years in higher education pursuing certificates and degrees in preparation for a career and usually spend the entire nine months of a pregnancy knee deep in preparation for the baby’s arrival, going to birthing classes, ante natal appointments and having baby showers.
As soon as we start work we are busy preparing for our eventual retirement and ensuring that we have a pension to fall back on. Nowadays, we even prepare in detail for our death, writing a last will and testament but also choosing the coffin, clothing, arrangement, flowers and songs to be used at our eventual last rites.
Statistics show that most of us prepare for the wedding ceremony but not for the marriage itself. Most people focus on the wedding day event. It is all about the Church, the number of guests, the bridal train, the limousine, the wedding cake and the Aso-ebi.

“Falling in love in a Christian way is to say, ‘I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I’m signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It’s going to be hard but I want to get there.”Tim Keller
The wedding is usually just a one-day event which is supposed to lead to a life time union, but we focus all our energy on preparing for that one day neglecting that living with a stranger for the rest of your days needs serious in-depth preparation!
Apart from choosing Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour choosing a life partner is the biggest decision you will need to make in your entire lifetime. Therefore, it is crucial that you get it right. You do not want to be living with your enemy, dining with the devil or be a married single.
It is most desirable that you have a loving, stress free and fruitful relationship with your chosen life partner as it is better to be single and searching than married and faking it. I strongly believe that it is not about age, timing or status but that getting marriage right is all about the level of preparedness.

Your Spouse can be your best friend -Part 2

Author: MC Sheri Adekomolafe Edu

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