Before You Say I Do

So he finally popped the question after months and months of courting. Your heart is racing, your ring finger has a beautiful diamond on it and you've posted it on Face Book, now what? You start planning the wedding! He doesn't care about all that you say..so you'll just handle it yourself right?! Ok, so now you are off to theKnot.com where you can set up your own wedding page and everything you need is at your fingertips! What are you going to do first? You are going to find a dress that will make him melt!! Next the cake, flowers, bridesmaid dresses, and location. Around and around we spin around on that wonderful ride of "I'm Getting Married" YAY ME!

This is YOUR special day you are planning for! You've only played this scene in your head like a million times since you were a little girl right? I imagined myself walking down that aisle looking fabulous, friends and family looking on as I walk towards the man of my dreams. So...did you ever imagine yourself having problems? Did you ever imagine how you would handle conflict? What would you do if he lost his job. What would you do if he got sick? Who would lead devotions in the home? Would you cook every night? Well if you are like me, you aren't even thinking about that!LOL! Why think about conflict anyway? We had a drama free 8 month courtship. We fasted, we prayed, we read the Bible, we worshiped together and we NEVER touched!!!
He told me I will never defile you, or cause you to sin against the Father. This was a match made in Heaven for real!!! We talked about what we wanted in marriage, what we wanted to accomplish while married, and how wonderful our marriage was going to be! We didn't need marriage counseling we had the Holy Ghost!!! He will guide us into all truth right? Yep and and um the truth will make and keep you free too!LOL Well when conflict came I was of the impression that he knew my way of communicating. Quick and loud. His way to solve conflict quietly and with lengthy discussions. Uhhh ohhh!!! You know where I'm going with this right?!

Pre-marriage counseling would have spared us some "rude awakenings" that we've had throughout the years for sure. In counseling they make you come out of your "love trance" and consider some things, that for the most part I can say never even crossed my mind! Why do I care how he handles conflict? We'll never have conflict! This is no ordinary love... Yes Sade was on my honeymoon. (-: Why does it matter if I think a man should always take out the trash. Or this was my favorite one..a budget are you kidding me. We'll live off of our love and the joy released will pay our bills!LOL!!! I know right? I have to laugh at that one myself. The truth of the matter is before you say "I do" let me encourage you that no matter how saved you is, or you ain't pre-marriage counseling will benefit you greatly. Now you can be grown and graduate from the school of hard knocks if you want to, you'll make it, we did. But WHY go that route? There is so much information in those sessions that can actually increase your ability to live happily ever after, by equipping you with sound Biblical wisdom and common sense understanding. So before you "jump the broom" sign up for some pre-marriage classes, you will be glad you did!(-:

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