How do Christians deal with having a family, especially in their marriage life? All the couples around the world want to have the perfect marriage, surely. There's no such thing as "perfect marriage life."
Our Father God in heaven eyes marriage, however, is not to be what most of us imagine, a fairy-tale-like relationship that will be happily ever after.
Our Heavenly Father has not designed it as a place where we can finally meet our needs. He has created it as something much better. He uses marriage to fulfill very important objectives- one that is His primary plan for Christians like you.
His main goal for marriage is to use it to help us shape us into the image of His Son Jesus.
Marriage is God's arrangement for lifetime companionship and the place for our sexual expression to avoid sexual immorality and to populate the world. God uses marriage to direct us towards Himself.
In every marriage, there is are strengths and weaknesses, but the scriptures tell us how to have a harmonious marriage life. God made a "role" and "rule " in marriage, and it is proven base on the studies of marriage history when it reveals that marriage endurance is generally "role" oriented than "romance" oriented.
But not all Christian couples have a happy ever after marriage life. Those Christian couples that marry with clear knowledge of their biblical roles, and have their primary aim to carry them out, are generally happier in marriage than those who marry in order to get their needs. Normally, marriage life is collapsing because the couple doesn't know what their role and rule to each other as the husband and wife.
So to enjoy that so-called happily ever after, follow these Christian tips in order for you have a harmonious marriage life relationship.
- Never bring up mistakes of the past.
- Neglect the whole world rather than each other.
- Try to say something complimentary to your spouse.
- Relying God's Word.
- Encouraging and building each other up.
- Pray for each other.
- Let love be your guidepost.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hope, always perseveres," 1 Cor. 13:4-7.
