BEFORE YOU MARRY: STRICTLY SINGLES PART 2

Yesterday I started a series on BEFORE YOU MARRY: STRICTLY SINGLES if you missed read HERE. This because we hear a lot of single babes and guys tell us they are ready for marriage, yet they have no idea or clue why they want to get married. Some never take out time to ask themselves this questions: Why do I want to get marry? What is marriage all about? What kind of marriage do I want? Is marriage for me? Am I ready for Marriage? Today am looking at Parenting, Fellowship, Vulnerability and Covenant still under The Purpose of Marriage. Please don't MISS.
We have looked at:
What is the Purpose of marriage?

1. Responsibility
2. Fidelity
3. Dependence
4. Love
5. Parenting: is the process of promoting and supporting the social, financial, physical, emotional, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. it is an aspect of raising a child aside from the biological relationship. So it means if you go for adoption if the child is not coming forth you will have to love that child as it were your blood. Parenting involves forever responsibility and faithfulness. Some reasons why people want to get married is because they want to have kids. You must understand the joy that comes with the responsibility of parenting. So if you are considering marriage you need to evaluate the gift of parenting. It involves a lot of patience, joy, faithfulness, commitment and its a long term goal. Not all young and career conscious people are ready for this kind of responsibility. So this area must be sorted out properly.
6. Fellowship: is mutual sharing and companionship with some you share the same interest with. You understand that one of the primary purpose of marriage is to fellowship with God and one another. Fellowship is a way bond with each other. its another way we show love and care to those around us, especially our spouse. God didn't just create us for multiplication or for the sake of creation, but for us to be relational among ourselves. Fellowship is supporting one another, we share ties through fellowship. Fellowship with his/her family, with his/her friends, colleagues and those he/she loves. So we should desire to fellowship with one another.
7. Vulnerability: is a state of being easily physically, emotionally, mentally hurt, influenced or attacked. You have to be Vulnerability to experience total care, responsibility, dependence or fidelity or even fellowship with one another. Part of the Risk you must take being vulnerable mean your past life may or will be used against you in marriage. You may feel rejected emotionally, financially, mentally etc, but in all these we must be open and honest with our past lives. You maybe rejected, abused, misunderstood or misinterpreted in your past lives. So it is very risky but part of marriage. You must do all your best to tell each other about your past lives, so nothing pops up in marriage as a surprise. To share your past with someone is to give and to forgive, openness and intimacy are established only when you accept him/her for who she/he is.
8. Covenant: this is the binding together of two people in marriage context, Its a contract which is followed at a deeper level than simply complying with the minimum acceptance. In covenant the spirit of the agreement is to be honored. You must be fully be committed and responsible for the outcome of your contract in marriage. Rather than seek a way out of the contract, you must seek a to solidify the contract. Covenant in marriage is for life a twogether forever contract. So you must be ready to nurture and keep the agreement to enhance your betterment, because this is a decision you both entered voluntarily.

Take a pen and paper, do this little exercise:

1. Which of the challenges discussed are you less prepared for?
2. Why do some people prefer to be single?
3. What are the most important reasons for marriage for you?
4. Which of the above mentioned in part 1 and 2 are you most prepared for?

BEFORE YOU MARRY: STRICTLY SINGLES PART 1 if you missed read HERE.

Continue PART 3 

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