Thinking about marriage can be a very daunting thing. These days the percentage of marriages that stay together are fewer than the marriages that don't. I think people can hear those statistics and wonder..."well, what's the point?" But one thing that I think people don't think about is that there is something wonderful and beautiful about marriage that you can't get from anything else in life. Marriage is an ordinance; it is a man and a woman bonded together for time and all eternity. I think that if a marriage is based on trust, love for each other, love for God, dedication and righteous living there is no reason why the marriage shouldn't work. I think relationships are tough, but when one thing doesn't go right I think it is wrong to simply give up on the marriage because in all marriages there are more people effected than just the couple. The other "stake holders" are the children, friends, other family members (brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles) and God. I have seen many divorces as most of us have, and I have seen it more people than you could possibly imagine. When I have had friends whose parents have gotten divorced, it has even effected me...A friend of their child. And not only does it reach several people but it reaches several generations. Divorce can be very devestating. One thing that I think is important is not what causes divorce and how to save it, but how to prevent those things from happening that even cause problems within the marriage.

There are a lot of rumors or false statistics about marriage that we hear all the time and accept as fact while in fact they are all true. I think many people would be stunned when they found out some of these.

On average, a person who remains single will live as long as someone who marries. (False)

Married people, because they are likely to have children and experience more stress, will generally be sick more often than those who don't marry. (False)

A single person, over the course of a lifetime, will be better off financially than someone who marries. (False)

Because people are more likely to be abused by someone they know than by a stranger, being married increases the chances of being physically abused for adults and children. (False)

Married and unmarried people are just as likely to be happy. (False)

Some are these are shocking and very hard to believe but they are just a few of the things that a lot of people believe about marriage that are simply misconceptions. Marriage is really ordained of God and is really one of the greatest things we have in society to build it up and to create happy families and children.