Marriage-An Adventure or the End of the Rope

A successful marriage is like an adventure. If aMarriage parters sometimes have to make that
sport's person is going to a wildrerness, thesame kind of choice. Misunderstandings, lack of
adventure can lead to success or it can end incommunication, unwise decsions, familing health or
failure. I have seen that it is like that in marriage.the addition of family members may cause one
An engaged couple can start their marriage withpartner to question continuing the marriage. Often
the excitment and thrill like a sport's adventurerdivorce comes to mind, but a marriage that has a
only to have it fail in divorce. Like a mountainsound foundation of agape love and Bibilcal
climber, the engaged couple should determine thatprinciples will continue in spite of the difficult
they are embraking on an adventure that will lastsituations. At this point marriage partners should
a lifetime. Their attitude from the outset will helpbe willing to seek help from role models or
them make their marriage a success.In marriageChristian marriage counselors. With wise advice
success may be determined by the feelings ofand prayer support, marriages with problems do
safety and secuity both personally and financially.not have to come to the end of the rope for the
Such goals lead to fruitfulness of dreams, goals,adventurers. They can readjust and continue on
ambitions and family. Just as sport adventurerswith learning and maturity until the goal of success
work toward goals, maritial partners should realizehas been achieved.Occasionally sport enthusiasts
that a successful marriage also requires effort. Adie while participating in an adventure. Observers
sport's person takes equipment that will assuremay declare the adventure a failure. However in
him/her a safe adventure. Marriage partners needmarriage the goal is not achieved until death of
equipment like a home that is environmentallyone of the spouses. Therefore, engage couples
safe; they should keep finances within theshould consider marriage a lifetime adventure
economic range of their abilities to pay withouttoward success. This is based upon personal
credit; they should seek fruitfulness in all areas ofexperience of 46 years of marriage. Every day is
their lives. Time, money and energy should bea new adventurer for my hustaband and me.Pat
managed so that the family unit will feel love andStrawbridge is a graduate of the University of
joy.Mississippi and the Mississippi University for
With such attitudes, marriage partners can workWomen and has done postgraduate work at
toward a succuessful reationship.It takes a lifetimeUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville in Home
for a marriage to become successful. For sportEconomics with emphasis in family relations. She
adventurerers, the event may be a redeterminedand her husband, Drennon, live in Cleveland, TN
period of time. However, in marriage, men andnear their son, Mike and his wife, Janice, and two
women should make a commitment to keep theirgrandsons Scott and Will. White Bible Ceremonies
wedding vows until one of the spouses dies. In afor Couples: Advice for Successful Marriage is
sport's adventure, sometimes the adventureravailable in manual form with instructions or CD
makes a mistake. At that point the adventurerwith photos, instructions and suggestions C.
must decide if he/she wants to makeStrawbridge is a former home economics teacher.
adjustments and continue or give up in failure.