MARRIAGE COUNSELLING - choices and consequences

What is Marriage? And why is it necessary for a stable society? Why are so many couples seeking marriage counselling so soon after the wedding day? If you believe everything you read these days, you'd be led to think that marriage is an endangered species, and given the divorce rates, it's understandable. Many people actually believe that it prevents us from growing and realizing our full potential.

As long as we are self-centred and arrogant, the divorce rates will keep on soaring; we need to reduce our anger and go back to the old values of being humble and loving. These days people deliberately do their own thing, entering into marriage with “I need my space” attitude, and then we wonder why we need marriage counselling when the spouse moves into another's arm-space.

All things need watching, working at, caring for, and marriage is no exception. Both partners stop being single at heart, the two souls become one, and each sees the other as his or her best friend. Through marriage counselling, couples who have had this friendship broken, can have it restored to regain their marital bliss.

Marriage is like an ocean voyage...peaceful some days, and downright gale force on others, but because the couple have kept the marriage vows, it has become a foundation for our own children to build on and an example to our contemporaries that marriage can survive all the traumas of modern living. It gives stability, trust and honesty in relationships, and despite modern trends of living together and quick divorces, marriage still is a gift from God who gave His blessing to the union of marriage.

At FamilyLife, we believe the Lord wants to bless marriage unions and see His plans fulfilled in both partner's lives. We have conferences offered in various cities where marriage counselling is offered and where you can learn what God's plan for marriage is; where value is placed on unconditional love and loyalty.