Marriage is Not Necessary: An Ever Increasing Idea of The World




Marriage seems to lose it's meaning as the years go by to the general public.  Marriage has increasingly become 'old fashioned' to this new world that changes over time.  If one does not believe in God what is the purpose of marriage anyways?  It has become the belief that all marriage is good for is a piece of paper.  Both my immediate and extended family are riddled with this perception of marriage.  But it rings true if I did not believe in God.  If I was not a religious person and did not believe in a set of commandments from God then I would find no reason to be married.  It would only serve the purpose to show as a legal declaration on paper for me.

When others find it hard to believe in marriage, we do not press marriage on them.  Instead we press the truth that we have a God and that He love us.  Because He loves us He has not sent us down here without any direction on what we should do or how we should act.  He has give us sacred scriptures with many experiences and teachings to base our lives on.  When others do not live as we do, we do not tell them how to live.  We share our testimonies on why we live our lives the way we do and how that brings us happiness.

Living amongst our brothers and sisters here on this earth we must always respect the agency that God has blessed us with.  We may long for the faith of others to be aligned with ours but we cannot base our happiness on this.  Our happiness can be found in keeping the commandments ourself and allowing that happiness to testify to the world that keeping God's commandments brings that.  Let us live happily in our marriages and share whenever we can the sacred blessing to be sealed for all time and eternity to the ones we love most.


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