Wedding Counseling: Session 4

To a quizzical friend, who had asked me "why would anyone need to go for marriage counseling for?", I answered, "well, I guess I'd better be very sure of God's opinion on the matter."

In the marriage counseling courses we've both been going through, I feel a sense of being overwhelmed by much of the material. I do think I'm woefully inadequate to handle the massive responsibilities of being a husband and a father. There's so many things to consider, so many things that are important, so many delicate matters - no wonder the successful homes are prerequisites for positions of service-leadership in Church.

"For if a man know not how to rule his own  house, how shall he take care of the church of God?"
- 1 Timothy 3:5

Indeed.

Yesterday, we finished off the topic on companionship, and started on the topic on sexual relationships.

To put it perspective, sexual relationships are given of God and are perfect and holy in themselves. Trust me, it's a good platform to start on, because it challenges your thinking on sex, and what the fundamentals are. This exercise then starts to expose many of the worldly opinions that have allowed itself to root in our perspectives. I would think that it would probably be a good idea to weed these out now.

I'll not go into much detail here, (warning, long sentence) except to say that if what the Bible and Pastor Jesse are saying is true, then sexual relationships in the marriage are so very important because it is the most powerful form of expression of one of the foundational pillars in a marriage: Love.

And, if Dr. Ed Wheat and his wife are correct, then many married Christian couples (well, non-Christian ones too, I guess) are not getting this part right, for one reason or another. It's worth looking into and examining, gentle reader!

Well, I'm going to be late for a meeting if I don't go soon. I'll get back to you later!

~Adrian.

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