Parts of a Marriage

THIS IS MY LAST POST OF THE SEMESTER AND I WANT TO MAKE IT THE BEST YET. THIS WEEK I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT DIVORCE, REMARRYING, AND AGING MARRIAGES. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY OF THESE THINGS FIRST HAND, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW THESE DIFFERENT PARTS OF MARRIAGE EFFECT THE MARRIAGE ITSELF. I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THESE WOULD BE TERRIBLY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH AND LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE THESE EXPERIENCES, BUT I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE HANDLE THIS ROUGH TIME WITH SUCH GRACE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE EXCEPT FOR THE AGING MARRIAGE ASPECT WHICH CAN HAPPEN TO ANY COUPLE AND BE NAVIGATED THROUGH TOGETHER. DIVORCE IS A VERY SAD TOPIC, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COUPLES HAVE TRIED THEIR BEST TO GET PAST THEIR DIFFERENCES AS WELL AS WHEN OTHER FACTORS OF LIFE BRING TOO MUCH STRESS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP. SOME COUPLES ARE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS AND GROW CLOSER BY OVERCOMING THESE DISAGREEMENTS, WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND SOME OF THESE TRIALS ARE FAR TOO HARD TO TAKE ON AND CONQUER. THIS CAN BRING MUCH UNHAPPINESS IN A RELATIONSHIP AND AT SOME POINT IT BECOMES TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN ON THESE INDIVIDUALS. IT IS WISE FOR COUPLES WHEN THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THESE THINGS TO SEEK COUNSEL FROM THE LORD AS WELL AS THEIR BISHOP OR A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELOR. THE COUPLE SHOULD ALSO PRAY TOGETHER ABOUT THIS DECISION AND MAKE SURE IT IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S HAPPINESS. REMARRYING CAN ALSO BE A VERY TOUCHY TOPIC. ONCE A MAN OR WOMAN IS DIVORCED FROM THEIR SPOUSE IT MAY TAKE A WHILE UNTIL THEY WANT YO GET BACK INTO THE DATING WORLD. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RUSH AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE TIME TO HEAL AND FOCUS ON THEMSELVES BEFORE JUMPING INTO ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP. THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD EFFECT THE REST OF THEIR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. ULTIMATELY IF THIS PERSON FEELS THAT ITS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THEM, THEN THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH THEM REMARRYING SOMEONE ELSE THEY NOW LOVE AND ARE HAPPY WITH. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THOSE AROUND YOU’S FEELINGS AS WELL AS YOUR OWN! REMARRYING IS A VERY BIG DECISION AND SHOULD BE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR A WHILE AND PRAYED ABOUT, ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM TOO QUICK OR SLOW TO OTHERS, BUT IN REALITY IT IS IN THE LORD’S TIME AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING MARRIED. IT IS NOT OUR PLACE TO JUDGE OTHERS ON THESE DECISIONS AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR OPINIONS ABOUT THESE THINGS TO OURSELVES. HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND LOVE AGAIN AND TO BE MARRIED AGAIN IS SUCH A BLESSING AND THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU AS LONG AS YOU GO ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IS AGING MARRIAGES. MARRIAGES ARE BOUND TO AGE AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN IN ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND FORMS. THIS MAY BE A HARD ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE AND IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK FROM BOTH SPOUSES TO BE ABLE TO GET OVER THESE NEW ADJUSTMENTS. WITH THE LORD COUPLES WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THESE HARD TIMES AND REMAIN CLOSE AS WELL AS MAINTAINING A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. ALSO BY MAINTAINING A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD WE WILL BE ABLE TO BETTER OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS AS A COUPLE. WE CAN RECEIVE BLESSINGS OF HAPPINESS BY FOLLOWING THESE TEACHINGS AND COMING CLOSER TO OUR LORD.