Marriage Beyond the Changing Times
There was a time when marriage meant a lifetime commitment to someone. There was a time when divorce was the exception and not the rule. There was a time when real men stepped up to the plate and provided for the family no matter how young or uneducated he was. There was a time when women tended to the needs of the family first and foremost. Those times seem so long ago. There is the obvious need to make changes according to the demands of the times. Women now are inclined to work just as much as men, but that still doesn’t make them half the housewives and mothers they are. It just means they have more to take care of. But let us not deny that times have ushered in short-span marriages, some lasting only days and, worse, hours. Some rush into marriage only to end in divorce a short time after. There was a time when whirlwind romances were romantic. Now, they mostly end in a divorce. Why? Change is as constant as the ever-shifting sky. Why did marriages last in the past and they usually don’t these days? Can we, as a society, change the bad and keep the good? Can we change in order to become better people? What is so different about love in the past and love in the present? The more we advance in our understanding of the universe, the more we gain knowledge, the more we should know how to value people who truly matter to us. The more our inventions connect us, the more we should strengthen our relations. What is technology for if it cannot foster better relationships, if it will only take us apart? To advance is to be better. Why is the opposite happening to the very core of the family? Why are marriages falling apart? Love is the catalyst that moves our relationships. The Bible says, God is love, therefore when we follow God,  He directs our affairs. Beyond the wedding day is a lifetime that should be spent together as one husband and wife, one unit in society. Beyond the vows is the commitment to be there for each other through thick or thin.  Read the full article












