Hello fellow Steem4bloggers, I'm excited to share my daily blog with you today and this is my very first real post on the platform. I hope you find my writing a good read and engaging. This blog is about the wedding ceremony I attended today, where I was also one of the marriage officiants, and the conditions for marriage in our church. Apart from this opening paragraph, the entire post was written on my phone right at the wedding venue. Let's read it.
This morning, as I was dressing up for the wedding ceremony that was to happen at our church, the number of wedding ceremonies carried out over the last five years came up on my mind all of a sudden. What was satisfying in all these marriages is that all of them involved youths aged 20 to 25 years and most satisfying was how these young couples embraced the realities and challenges of early marriage life, and their determination to make things work out.
In our parish, we advocate early marriage. Instead of abandoning young men and women who are out of school and doing something for a living to live carefree lives of fornication and other sexual promiscuity, we advise them to marry rather than continue to burn and waste their lives. We have helped many young men and women enter into beneficial marriage engagements. All this gives me great joy and satisfaction, and here we are once again witnessing the union of Nick and Maris in a happy marriage.
Nick is just 25, while Maris is 23. It was almost too late for them. At this age, Nick is fully settled in his marriage, but he waited until today for fear of financial insecurity. Financial insecurity is a major concern young men often cite when being told to get married. However real it may seem, with an understanding of the simplicity of life development, our young men now know that getting hinge is not an obstacle to earning money, but it is a propeller that pushes a person to achieve financial stability as quickly as possible. Nick has caught on and has to catch up before it's too late for him and his Maris.
Now that the wedding is about to begin and the procession is already underway, many people are wondering how we can convince our young men and women to get married as soon as possible. And here I want to tell you how we do it. Pause! I have to go to the church to do my duty as the wedding ceremony is already going on while I am writing this in my office.
Nick and Maris look gorgeous in their wedding dresses, the blue suit and white shirt with a golden color tie really complimented Nick's tiny body and as for Maris, her flowing white wedding dress looks so adorable and beautiful to look at. Today is their day and it is the happiest day. Every young girl dreams of wearing this flowy wedding dress and will ensure that their dreams come true by providing them with adequate support and guidance regarding marriage. Charging and joining have been done successfully.
I couldn't get a chance to take any photos because I was really busy officiating. I hope to get a chance to do so at the reception. However, I think the selfie I took before I put on my suit for the wedding ceremony really makes me look younger today.
Back from the church hall, how do we convince these young men and women to get married soon?
There is no magic in it other than being a living example for the youth. We have always talked about it, the benefits of early marriage are huge and seeing us experience it in front of them is motivation enough for any young man or woman. Our leader is the pioneer of this campaign and he and his wife are role models for us all. Being someone who married his beloved wife at 19 at the age of 22 and have been happily in love for almost three decades, he is loaded with a lot of marital experiences that others can learn from and we learn from him. and his wife.
The foundation of any marriage is very important, so it is well learned how to start such a journey on a solid foundation. Young couples learn how to adore each other with love and tenderness, care and respect for each other. This helps them bond with each other. Love is the foundation of marriage, but this is often misplaced in society today because lust and greed form the foundation of so many marriages. Our young couples are clearly told and demonstrated what real love is in private and in public. Sex in marriage must not be compromised by selfishness or anything else. No matter what the cost, couples must surrender to each other for this sacred purpose in marriage.
It is believed that money makes a happy marriage, but on the contrary, it is a happy marriage that brings happy money. What we believe and teach is that money does not make someone's marriage successful, but your marriage makes your pursuit of money successful. This may seem counterintuitive, yet it is a truth we hold dearly. Anyone who goes into marriage because a guy has money would soon leave him when the hard times hit that are sure to come.
Money is good, but it should not be used as a basis for marriage. A man has to work hard to provide financial security for his family whether he has children or not. Once a man got married, a world of opportunities opened up to him. A man who had previously seen no possibilities began to see many. Opportunities will start coming to improve the financial situation, and if the wife is of the intelligent type, financial progress will surely come to the marriage. It may not happen suddenly, but it will definitely come.
The reception of the marriage between Nick and Maris was wonderful because it makes me remember how I felt fifteen years ago when I married my wife. The scenery and all the activities brought back memories of fifteen years ago. How time flies!
The attached pictures are mine.