Principles of Practical Christianity- When Applied to Marriage

Today I want to share with you three secrets I had written in my 'The Bride Wore White' journal. This journal was a place I came to as a young adult to discuss my thoughts of what a good marriage needed to entail. I had such a journal during the years before my marriage because I believe to be a great wife & mother you should prepare as you would prepare for a college degree. Marriage should last much longer than a career, so for seven years I prepared internally.

Normally I wrote under the post if I got it from a book or author but I'm not sure if this was something I came up with after lots of book reading or was from a certain book. If you know the book its from let me know please- I don't want to take any credit for something that is not mine. I hope you enjoy it as it has made me really think about me as a married individual.

Date: 6th June, 2008
Text: Matthew 7:3-5

1.) An individual can either make or destroy his own happiness. Happiness is a by product of life. It comes as the result of living actively and unselfishly. It comes as one learns to spend his/her energies in the interests and for the benefit of someone else. It comes from focusing the attention on those things which are wholesome and desirable rather than looking for the things which are unpleasant & disappointing.

2.) The marriage vows are sacred. Marriage is a divinely appointed & sanctioned institution. The vows which a young man & a young woman take at the time they pledge their absolute fidelity to each other in the presence of a minister of the gospel, represent the most solemn and binding obligation which human beings can assume. The parties agree to accept each other "for better or for worse" as long as life shall last. And for a husband or a wife to lightly cast aside this sacred obligation for any reason other than that mentioned in the New Testament, is the equivalent of removing himself from the sphere of the Lord's blessing.

3.) We need to be able to become reconciled to disappointment at the earliest moment. Persons who are able to make a healthy adjustment to a bereavement, to a financial loss, or to any other major disappointment, are much better able to extract from life the best that it has to offer than are those individuals whose personalities are crippled as a result of some unexpected tragedy.


Those are the principles I have to share with you. As I leave I hope you remember this quote:
"Real LOVE is always fated. It has been arranged before time. It is the most meticulously prepared of coincidences. And fate, of course, is simply a secular term for the will of God, and coincidence for His grace. "
-The Mystery of Marriage, Mike Mason.


Until next time keep your home amazingly beautiful & safe!

~Mommy Dearest~