Marriage Inclusive, Love Exclusive
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What quality and quantity of love is capable of holding a marriage?
Statistics has proven that what it takes to sustain a marriage is still scarce in the world today. Do you know that in the US, Divorce rates in 2005 were four times the divorce rates in 1955? This is similar to most part of the world. Does that mean, the love that existed before the seperation/divorce was not great enough to sustain their marriage? Was it mere obsession, or infactuation?
I would like to use a story to illustrate what I think gives the answer to the quesion topic
A Reported story by the Christian Broadcasting Network CBN years ago
Hermin and April's story goes like this
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April and her neighbour, Hermin were sweethearts. After ten years of dating, they said ‘I do’. They had high expectations for their marriage
~Helen
~John
Five years into their marriage, Hermin was ready for kids, but April was reluctant. When she did get pregnant, they were shocked that she was carrying twins… two babies!
~April
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Their two children were eventually born. Immediately, the pressure of being new parents created tension…
~April
~Hermin
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Hermin busy schedule at work, made him slack a little in rendering assistance to taking care of the baby and this pissed April off, She began to complain. Gradually things grew worse, they stoppeed talking to each other. Their marriage was like an egg shell. Her husband, Hermin began to take a defiant attitude, and nothing concerning the home mattered much to him anymore April repeatedly threatened Hermin with divorce.
~April
Hermin reached his breaking point…
~Hermin
~April
Hermin didn’t take time to really pray about it, to ask for God’s opininon, to get wise counsel. A year after the marriage, the divorce was final. This reality hit Hermin.
~Hermin
April cried and cried, probably the first month of their divorce. Hermin drove almost every weekend to see the children, and at every occasion, they spent time closely talking to each other.
~April.
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After nine months, Hermin and April decided to giv their marriage a second chance. They sought a christian counsellor and prayed together regularly.
~Hermin
Hermin and April completed their counselling just a month before their wedding anniversary. They remarried.
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Obviously from the story so far, there love was great, what happened?
1 John 4:8 tells us that God is love. Introducing and acknowledging God in our marriages enables God's love to sustain it. Any marriage with the foundation of God love stands sure.
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