CONTINUING EDUCATION IN MARRIAGE
The most unusual response I’ve ever received after a wedding came after I’d preached a wedding sermon for a middle-aged couple, both of whom had been married and divorced. I talked about making marriage a lifetime together, and about how they should treat one another so that their love would endure forever. After the wedding, the groom said to me, in complete seriousness, “Pastor, that was a nice service, but you wouldn’t have needed to spend time on that topic with us. We were both married before, so we know how to treat a spouse.” That, I thought to myself, was the very thing I’d been worried about! Some couples come to marriage thinking they know how to treat one another just by instinct or former training. But there is no pre-arranged formula for a good relationship. A good relationship comes from a constant response to the other’s current need. In marriage, the relationship must be always new, always fresh,…
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