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Post by wildrose64 on Aug 23, 2010 23:04:42 GMT -5
Any one go to Salvisa, KY convention?
My teen age son came back today from the weekend there with his dad and he said a worker spoke from the platform about marrying in "Truth" and said that "you may not choose who you marry but if you marry in Truth you will have a successful marriage".
Sounds like a veiled statement that if you marry someone we approve of, only then will you have (a chance) of a successful marriage.
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Post by ronhall on Aug 24, 2010 10:29:27 GMT -5
Too bad it isn't that easy! I doubt the message was quite that absolute, but if an eligible person is looking for a future spouse in other places, it is an indication of where that person's heart is. On the other hand, we all would know that there is more to building a successful marriage than finding the "perfect" spouse.
I think it could be said that the more things a couple have in common and are in agreement with, the less chance there might be for friction in their marriage. This would include their religion and specifically their religious practices, because within any religion there is a great range of adherence to the rules and regulations governing the social part of that religion.
Last time I saw a list of reasons for marriage failure, the number one was financial reasons. Knowing that, I would think that parents would do well to instruct their children well in the area of responsible handling of money. They would be even better advised to be examples of that to their children.
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Post by shiloh on Aug 24, 2010 17:53:26 GMT -5
My guess is the speaker was Maurice Close who labours in Canada. I have seen some VERY unhappy homes where both partners were professing. And some happy ones. And some happy divided homes. I dislike the ONE SIZE FITS all approach.
Greg Harger mentioned outward appearances at the last meeting. Saying "some people say it doesn't matter but I believe it does". Sunday evening by the way. And then he went into how much he valued the young people.
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Post by ts on Aug 24, 2010 22:06:58 GMT -5
My wife modeled her idea of marriage after a brother worker in a long standing relationship with her sister. Our marriage has suffered as a result. Now, how are the workers going to handle him? He is still on the world wide convention circuit, also. You might have even heard him in your home convention.
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