Did you know that God performed the first marriage when He had a deep sleep fall upon Adam, and He took one of his ribs and then He closed the flesh over its place, and He build the rib into a woman, Eve, and God took her to him. "Then the man said: 'This is at last bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This one will be called Woman, because from man this one was taken'. That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh." Genesis 2: 21-24
Many couples think that living together before marriage will help them test out their compatibility. Trail marriage does not test one of the most crucial elements of marriage - commitment. No arrangement other than marriage offers the same degree of protection and security to all parties - including any children that may result from the union. In the eyes of God, living together consensually without the benefit of marriage is fornication. 1 Corinthians 6:18; Hebrews 13:4
If one is not ready for this solemn commitment, one is not ready for marriage. The idea of a solemn commitment frightens many people, but if you really love the person you intend to marry, commitment will not seem like a burden. The sense of a commitment implied in marriage will make a couple want to stay together through good and bad times. They should be supportive of each other come what may.
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