I Never Thought it could happen to me...

I NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD HAPPEN TO ME…

For some reason, most people tend to have an unspoken conviction that ‘It can’t be me’, ‘Mine is going to be different’, or they ask ‘Why me?’ However, the real question should be, ‘Why not me?’ You are no different from anyone else out there. Most people do not believe anything can happen to them until they find themselves right in the center of it.

Your desire to get married should not override the need to do it the right way. Even when you believe you are running out of time, would you want to rush in only to run out again? The stories that follow are heart-wrenching accounts of real people who all wanted to marriage to be a wonderful experience, but failed to plan for it. They failed to realize that success in marriage, as in any other sphere of life, does not just happen. We must make definite plans to succeed. This involve working with the right information; taking time to observe and ask the necessary questions; taking it slowly and understanding your partner and, of course, praying.

The magnificent institution of marriage offers tremendous rewards if we enter into it wisely. Knowing these facts will assist young people to build sound relationships in which adequate information forms the basis from which mere friendship may advance to something more complicated, demanding and blinding.

If you decide to marry someone without in-depth and adequate knowledge of the person, you will live with the significant, negative and lasting consequences of that decision for the rest of your life, whether or not you stay married to that person. Look before you leap!...