Amazingly people have likened marriage more to the event that leads to the coming together of a husband and his wife, but incredibly, it is much more than that. Even though that can be partially true in the English dictionary, but then, it goes beyond just the coming together of a man and his wife.
Marriage is simply the state of living together as husband and wife, or simply put, the days after one is fully wedded to his spouse.
Preparing for marriage can be likened to preparing for a travel, a trip to a destination you never have been before. Like you will know, it will involve you having all your travel kits, your gears in one compartment. When you travel to a strange destination, it is compulsory for you to know the destination to your very best, or at least be schooled about the make up of the place.
And such can be likened to how one should also prepare for marriage.
But then, here are some 7 ways to prepare for marriage, (arranged in the descending order)
1. Go for premarital Counselling
Premarital counselling fast forwards you into what a marital bliss will look like. It is one sure way to learn about how you will live peacefully without feelings of regret in the latter days of your union with your spouse. Premarital counselling sets you on the pedestal of your union even before you embark on it. Giving you the experience of marriage from an expert in it.
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2. Get exposed to books on Marriage
Learning from the expert’s advice doesn’t settle it all. You digest counsels better when you also include books speaking about the same thing you have been told. Reading books on great marriage, family life, how to enjoy marital bliss, conforms your thought with the right mind on what a happy home should look like.
3. Prepare Psychologically
Step up your mind on firstly, who you are now and who you desire to become in marriage to give your marriage that good taste of happiness your spouse wont stop speaking about. Of course marriage preparation wouldn’t just involve reading books and attending counselings alone, it involves the renewal of your mind. When your mind is renewed towards your spouse, then you start thinking well of how best to make your union work.
4. Get to know yourself
So says renown philosopher, Socrates.
Never you hide under the shadow of premarital counselling. You are really seen to be preparing for marriage when you discover yourself. Remember, your counselor will only tell you what he or she knows, but you are in the best position to tell about each other.
5. Be Domesticated
With no gender exemption, you need to be able to deal with some domestic chores in the home. There are times, and there will be a time when either of you would need to take care of the home (your baby involved), then you will need to be able to handle some little house chores which will demand your attention by then.
6. Be apologetic when you wrong your spouse
When you wrong your spouse, be humble enough to say you are sorry. As simple as that word seem, it has saved a whole lot of people from trouble, preventing marriages from crash and saving the future of your children.
7. Learn adaptation techniques for your family
Marriage is not just about the husband and his wife. It is also the husband marrying the wife’s family and the wife marrying the husband family. So with this understanding, spouses should learn how best to manage each other’s family well. Managing them as effective as you can sets you to the path of preparing for marriage.
And in the climax, preparing for marriage involves knowing that no scientific knowledge can get it right for you order than you acknowledging the one who instituted marriage Himself. And that one person is JESUS. Welcome Him today and then, you will walk into a marital bliss of a life time.
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