How would you answer this question?
The amiable three year old boy said he wanted to marry his mother. His analytical seven year old older brother thought for a while before he answered. Then he said he was not sure and commented, “ what if I do not still like her a year after I marry her.
I laughed at their answers at first, and then thought more about what he asked.
How would you reply in answer his concern? How would King Solomon reply?
Before I surmised what King Solomon might advise him, I thought about the current divorce rate of approximately 40 percent in the USA. Frankly, everyone contemplating marriage should think about this question. This innocent seven year old’s question is actually a very profound concern we all should think about.
I had previously written a post titled King Solomon’s Advice How to Choose a Wife HERE. However, it is not an age appropriate explanation for a seven year old boy.
Contemporary Times
Nowadays, numerous couples decide to marry after living with each other for a while. I won’t touch on modern chastity values because of what I see in movies and read and hear about in the news. Reality today is many young couples engage in sex before marriage.
The best contemporary advice a mentor once gave me when I was in the dating scene in my youth was this. “Never date a girl that you would not consider marrying.”
King Solomon
I finally surmised what advice King Solomon might give my seven year old grandson to answer his concern. Next time we are one on one, I will offer this grandfatherly advice and elaborate on it with him.
A godly wife is a gift from the Lord, and a token of His special favor. (Prov. 18:22.)
I will pray that someday he will grow up and sing this song to his wife the same way I still do to my wife of forty eight years.HERE
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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