The actual most dangerous place for an unborn child is in its own mother’s womb. Once born, the rigors of a busted family can come into play. If people realized the gravity of the vows they make before God when they marry, divorce would never even be considered an option. Commitment. “I’m gonna’ do this if it kills me!”
True.
Great comment!
“If people realized the gravity of the vows they make before God when they marry, divorce would never even be considered an option”
I am at odds with the in-laws because I “dared” to place a stipulation on being the celebrant at a niece’s wedding.
I was asked to marry them in lieu of a JP or minister. I thought about not doing it, then I told I would be happy to, under one condition. I told my niece and fiancé (who are in a modern pre-marital living arrangement) in person, in thier living room that if they wanted me as the officiant they would have to be baptised. Which means talking to a pastor, under standing the relationship involved, and knowing that baptisms often entail foundational instruction and perhaps even becoming members of an organized church. In their area of WV this would probably be the case. And they would have to attends pre-marital counseling (my wifes idea).
So.... fast forward 13 or 14 months I get the text, they have a venue, date and the retentive little details are coming together for a perfect celebration of their life together... but nothing concerning our conditional agreement... conveniently forgotten. I reiterated. Another day or two passed... I started getting snippy little texts from the aunt’s and from the mom...
Okay, we are down to 10 months, with lots of things to accomplish. It is borderline crunch time. They have let an adequate window of opportunity pass them by and I am not interested in oficuating a “churchy fraud” in lieu of God Blessing their marriage. I reminded them about my original stipulation. There is no other option. It is the very least I can ask. I take my obligations very seriously and I take my relationship with the Lord very seriously and will not make a mockery out of the institution of marraige that the Lord has placed before us.