Humm…Pretty good article on early marriage from The Washington Post. Interesting considering the conversations that have been going on at church & home lately.
Marriage actually works best as a formative institution, not an institution you enter once you think you’re fully formed. We learn marriage, just as we learn language, and to the teachable, some lessons just come easier earlier in life.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042402122.html
July 17, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Mrs. Christy, I’ve seen this article and I agree. Guess I won’t be one of the early ones though. I guess God wants me to give a testimony of contentment in singleness, probably even for the next 2-10 years (or more).
July 18, 2009 at 4:39 am
It’s like when I bought a dodge truck: now, I see them everywhere. same thing with young marriage: everything (even the Scriptures) seems to say “change what needs changing and do it”.
In my own weirdness, in conjunction with baucham, i’m reading “just do something” by kevin deyoung; as I said when I first encountered it, “it’s so exciting it makes me want to slap somebody.” it says “get off of the long road to nowhere and. . .just do something”: that’s a particularly necessary message for Christian young men, I trow. to mix some metaphors, i’m getting so sick of people dragging their feet i’m going to have to start hopping to set an example.
I hope that makes sense later this morning…
..but i’m with you, sister Christy: marriage for the reforming, not the reformed.
July 18, 2009 at 6:38 pm
That makes perfect sense, Mr. Upchurch. The young Christians of today, particularly the young men, should get hopping and running for the Lord!
July 19, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I ran across “Just do Something” on Amazon when I was looking at reviews of “What He Must Be”
I wondered if it would be a good read for Trey. Thanks for the recommend.
July 24, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I agree with the comment you highlighted from the article. My husband and I were 17 and 18 when we married, and we’ve never had any regrets about marrying so young. Praise God for the many ways He has formed me and my husband over the 23+ years we’ve enjoyed together!
Because of our experience, it has been a goal of ours to prepare our children for the possibility of marriage at a young age, should God so bless them.