A Marriage Ceremony always fill our hearts 💕 with good cheers for on that day, a new family 👪 is formed.
The Family 👪 is the oldest institution on earth 🌏. It's as old as man himself, and it plays a vital role in the human society. Throughout history, evidence has shown that strong 💪 families begets strong 💪 societies.
Today the Family 👪 is changing - Sad to say, not for the better. Each day, the Family 👪 institution seems to be crumbling. Consider the divorce rate in some notable lands. In Spain, the divorce rate rose to 1 out of 8 marriages by the beginning of the final decade of the 20th century - a big jump from 1 out of 💯 just 25 years before. Britain, with reportedly the highest divorce rate in Europe (4 out of 🔟 marriages) has seen a surge in the number of single - parent families.
It then leaves us with these vital questions : Is there a Secret to Family Happiness? If there is, Where then can we turn to for directions?
Counsel on how to achieve happiness in the Family 👪 is offered from all sides. In the West, a never-ending stream of self-help books 📚 and magazines offers advice. The problem is that human counselors contradict one another and what is fashionable counsel today may be unworkable tomorrow.
Where then can we look for reliable family 👪 guidance? Well, would you look to a book 📖 completed some 1900 years ago? Or would you feel that such a book 📖 is hopelessly out-dated? The truth is, the real secret to Family 👪 happiness is found in just such a source. That source is the BIBLE and according to all evidence, it was inspired by God himself(The originator of Marriage Arrangement). In this article, I encourage you to consider how the Bible can help you to "set things straight" when handling the stress and problems facing families today._1 Timothy 3:16,17.
To help foster happiness in a family 👪, the Bible provides two vital factors or keys that help to make this possible. If both the husband and the wife put these to use, they will unlock 🔓 the door 🚪 to happiness and many blessings. What are these keys?
The First Key 🔑 is LOVE. Interestingly, there are different kinds of Love identified in the Bible but there is a kind of Love that is more important than the others. In the original language of the Christian Greek Scripture, the word for the fourth kind of love is agape._1 John 4:8. When such love of God and of each other is cultivated by a married couple, there marriage will last and be happy for "love never fails"_1 Corinthians 13:8. The Second Key 🔑 is Respect. Respect is defined as "giving consideration to others, honoring them." God's Words counsels all Christians including husbands and wives: "In showing honor to one another, take the lead." [Romans 12:10] The apostle Peter wrote: "You husbands, continue dwelling in like manner with [your wives] according to knowledge, assigning them honor as to a weaker vessel, the feminine one."_1 Peter 3:7. The wife on the other hand is counseled to "have deep respect for her husband."_Ephesians 5:33. If you want to honor someone, you are kind to that person, respectful of that one's dignity and expressed views and ready to fulfill any reasonable request made of you.
Yes, Love of God and of each other and mutual respect are two vital keys to a successful marriage.
As we live in a world where marital ties is gradually falling apart, I hope this article will help you to live a family 👪 life filled with happiness.
