Help the world know about this importance! Share with your friends the beauty of the family! I invite everyone, both young and old, male and female, bond and free to join in this movement of supporting the family unit.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Marriage Trends
Today we live in a world that doesn't support the family unit as much as it should. Many worldly trends have come about, such as cohabitation, premarital sex, partnerships, delaying marriage, delaying a family/children, etc. Why has our world come to this? Why hasn't the family unit stayed intact? I think a reason might be because we as a nation aren't willing to work hard for a successful marriage. We as Americans are a lazy people who rely so much on technology and new inventions. Marriage is a hard and tricky lifestyle to master-if you can even say you can "master" marriage. I think that we try and take the easy way out. Instead of committing to marriage, we decide to cohabit with someone. Instead of starting a family with our spouse, we put it off, claiming we aren't financially ready for it. No one will ever be financially ready for children! Why prolong giving a child a life just because you won't be financially comfortable? This is where we go wrong. Our own selfish desires get in the way of making sacrifices. We need to make it known to the world that families are important! Families are the basic, fundamental unit of life, love and happiness! If you want to read more about why the family unit is important, click here.
Help the world know about this importance! Share with your friends the beauty of the family! I invite everyone, both young and old, male and female, bond and free to join in this movement of supporting the family unit.
Help the world know about this importance! Share with your friends the beauty of the family! I invite everyone, both young and old, male and female, bond and free to join in this movement of supporting the family unit.
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I love this! Jes and I have the family: a proc right over our fireplace. It's a wonderful reminder. And I like that you already have a firm base understanding of what it's like to be married. Some people do their cohabitation thing, but marriage IS different. It IS hard. And honestly, if you go into a young marriage knowing it is one of the most difficult things that you will ever do, and you realize how worthwhile it is from the get go, you WILL get the most out of the amazing experience that is being married to your best friend.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, Siarra. Marriage is very difficult, especially at a young age, but it's so worth all the blessings that come from it.
ReplyDeleteI found this very provocative and started to comment, but found my comment was getting inappropriately long. I may flesh it out and post it on my own blog. Suffice it to say I prefer to say that marriage requires effort rather than that marriage is hard. "Hard" implies unrewarding, painful, and/or undesirable. That may be in part why so many people avoid it. We don't paint the right picture of what marriage is or can be like.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I understand of marriage, I believe that if two emotionally healthy people, young or old, go into a marriage with accurate expectations, most of the time it isn't going to be a painful experience. The unexpected still occurs and sometimes even people we feel we know well do unexpected and hurtful things. But while marriage requires a sense of balance and a willingness to serve, most of the time it is (or can be) the best support system in the world, and the most enjoyable and rewarding way to experience life.
One might say life is "hard," regardless of what one does. It's easier with a dedicated and loving spouse (and harder with an uncommitted and uncaring spouse). So it would seem reasonable to seek one with whom a happy marriage would not be especially difficult to achieve, and to put in the required time and effort to continually achieve it.
Ted, you are absolutely right! Thank you so much for your comment! I really appreciate your insights and your thoughts. I love how you said that marriage requires effort, instead of being "hard." I think that if we paint the picture of effort instead of "how hard" marriage can be, people would be more willing to commit. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteI also agree. :)
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