How to Avoid a Divorce

This article has become necessary in the wake of the fact the rate of divorce all over the world is increasingly alarming. It is so disturbing that one in every five marriages ends in a divorce. The marriage vows no longer holds water anymore. Now you can get married on saturday and be divorced by sunday.

How then can we prevent this social tradegy from occuring in our lives? Well that is the very reason I have written this article. We can only tackle the issue of divorce by looking at the very reasons why divorce occurs. One of the reasons why divorce occurs so frequently is because many people rush into marriages without counting the cost. This point is very important because marriage is not a child’s game. NO! It is for real.

Before going into marriage, you must sit down and count the cost of marriage. You must ask yourself, “Am I willing the stick with my patner till death do us part?” Marriage is all about commitment even when it is the last thing you ever want to do. You must understand that marriage is not for children; you must be emotionally and financially mature go into marriage.

Marriage is all about sacrifice. I wouldn’t advise you to go into it, if you are not willing to sacrifice. Any marriage without sacrifice will sooner end in a divorce. You must that in marriage not everything you do will ever be convenient. Marriage is not all about convenience. It is about sacrifice.

You must also understand that whatever happens to your marriage is your responsibility. If your marriage fails and ends in a divorce, it’s your fault. Don’t blame anybody but yourself. You must realise that there is just something you are not doing to make your marriage work. You must tell yourself, whether my marriage works or not, it’s up to me.

Again, I cannot overemphasize the place of love. Why would you get married to someone you don’t love? You must love whoever you want to get married to. I must mention that love is not feeling. rather it is demonstrated in your action. Don’t always say you love your wife, yet you refuse to show her you love her by buying her gifts, giving her suprises, taking her out and helping her at home.

The last point I will talk about is committing your marriage to God. Don’t shut God out of your marriage and expect it to be successful. Always put God first. Commit your marriage to God. Ask him to help you make your marriage a successful and he certainly will.

Don’t forget the failure or success of your marriage is up to you. So go ahead and make a success of your marriage.