You might be thinking that the most important decision you'll make is the biggest purchase of your life -- house, cars, investments.

But according to a Filipino business tycoon, the biggest decision of your life is your Partner, your partner to all your challenges and success.

John Gokongwei Jr. said, "The most important decision you have to make in your life is whom you’re going to marry. That decision will dictate the rest of your life, whether you will have a happy life or a miserable one."'

Marry a good person.

Your spouse should be an ally in happiness and not a source of misery. The challenge is to find someone who shares the same beliefs and principles and can be your partner in parenthood and all aspects of your life.

 

 

sure wish i'd known these when i was younger...

 

Why a Christian cannot marry a non-Christian?

The first reason why believers cannot marry unbelievers is that the Bible forbids it.

There are two primary New Testament texts that speak to the issue of marriage between a believer and an unbeliever. In his first letter to the Corinthian church, Paul says, after a detailed discussion of marriage and singleness, that a woman whose husband has died “is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord” (1 Cor. 7:39; emphasis added). The principle in this text is that where legitimate marriage can occur—the believer has never married, or they are released from their previous marriage by the death of a spouse—it can only occur between two believers.

The second text that offers clarity on this issue is 2 Corinthians 6:14 where Paul says, “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers.” The phrase “unequally yoked” refers to a close, intimate partnership—like marriage—where each person is meant to be “plowing” in the same direction, at the same speed, with the same purpose. Such a scenario can never occur for the Christian and the non-Christian. For a Christian to enter into marriage with an unbeliever, therefore, is not only an act of disobedience against their Lord, but it is also foolish.
Consider how this change affects every area of the Christian’s life and what basic differences now exist between you and your unbelieving boyfriend or girlfriend:

1. You have opposing masters (Matt. 6:24; Eph. 2:2). 2. You have opposing worldviews (Col. 2:2-8). 3. You have opposing sources of wisdom (Prov. 1:7). 4. You have opposing aims in life (1 Cor. 10:31). 5. You have opposite eternal destinies (Matt. 25:31-46). 6. You are in the Spirit; they are in the flesh (Rom. 8:6-9). 7. You are a slave to righteousness; they are a slave to sin (Rom. 6:20-23). 8. You are led by the Spirit; they are led by the god of this world (Rom. 8:14; 2 Cor. 4:1-6). 9. You are alive in Christ; they are dead in sin (Eph. 2:1-10).

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It's worth the wait.

Wait for someone who lets you be yourself without any fear.

Wait for someone who makes you feel safe, even when the world feels heavy.

Wait for someone who listens to you, not just to respond, but to understand.

Wait for someone who supports your dreams and cheers you on every step of the way.

Wait for someone who shows up for you, not just when it’s easy, but when it really counts.

Wait for someone who brings peace into your life, not drama or confusion.

Wait for someone who loves you through your good days and your bad ones.

Wait for someone who believes in the love that grows stronger over time.

It's worth the wait because the right person will make every second of waiting feel like it was meant to be. In the end, you’ll see that the wait wasn’t a waste— it was preparing you for the love you truly deserve.

~Tanvir

Look for them...

There are some people in this world who are like beacons for your lost soul, sunshine for your dark days, and bandages for your deepest wounds. Look for them.

Find the people who pour light into the shadows they didn’t create. The people who help heal the parts of you they didn’t break and who shelter you from storms they didn’t summon. Look for them.

Because there are people in your world who will do all of this. Quietly. Unassumingly. Sometimes without even realising. Look for them.

Find them.

Let them.

And then do the same for them. Because these are your people.

~ Becky Hemsley Poetry

Jeremiah 33:3