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PERSONAL PREPARATION
as engaged
SPIRITUAL PREPARATION
Gifts of living His life and love Having Christ is having everything they would need
PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION
preparing themselves mentally, emotionally and spiritually for the everydayness of marriage and unexpected occurrences
1. The higher the educational level, the greater the chance for success in marriage. 2. A study of 60 teenage brides in Iowa showed that 55 percent regretted marrying before completing high school. 3. One study of marriages in a high school showed that among 240 married couples (Where one or both had dropped out of school) only sixteen couples were still living together after five years. 4. One sociologist reports that "the divorce rate for those who marry in their teens is six times as high as that in any other group."
5. Reasons why teenagers are too young to marry: a. Marriage is serious business and there is much more to being serious than simply to wish or desire. b. Teenagers have not yet really learned to live themselves. c. Teenagers cannot promise to be steadfast, true and constant to another human being because they are not really in a position to keep that promise d. Persons mature physically before they mature in character. e. Ten years later, the teenager will not be at all the same kind of person he or she is now.
EMOTIONAL PREPARATION
Adams' (Making Your Marriage Succeed, pp. 33,34) suggests the following tests for genuine emotional maturity: a. carry a reasonable load of emotional tension without blowing up b. have outgrown childish and foolish fears and anxieties c. learn to expect to be treated as a responsible partner in marriage d. emotionally independent of your parents and able to stand on your own feet and make your own decisions in life
ECONOMIC PREPARATIONS
PHYSICAL PREPARATION
A strong, healthy body is a wonderful asset to a happy marriage. Illness and physical weakness often put severe strains on marriage. Avoid habits such as smoking, drinking, and any others that are harmful to the body.
True love embraces not only the good, the joyful and the happy times shared but also the sad, the not-so good and the unhappy situations in married life.