Thoughts for the Family 

1. Be you both illumined in the Glory of God :

Among the people of God, however, marriage must be a union of the body, and of the spirit as well, for here both are enemaoured of the same matchless face, both live and move through the same spirit, both are illumined by the same glory. This connection between them is a spiritual one, hence it is a bond that will abide forever. Likewise do they enjoy strong and lasting ties in the physical world as well, for if the marriage is based both on the spirit and the body, that union is a true one, hence it will endure. If, however, the bound is physical and nothing more, it is sure to be weak and likely to end in separation.

 

2. Be unity in spirituality :

When, therefore, the people of God undertake to marry, the union must be a true relationship, a spiritual coming together as well as a physical one, so that throughout every phase of life, and in all the worlds of God, their union will endure, for the real oneness is a gleaming out of the love of God.

 

3. Marriage is the mutual commitment of mind and heart :

Godly marriage, is the commitment of the two parties one to the other, and their mutual attachment of mind and heart. Each must, however, exercise the utmost care to become thoroughly acquainted with the character of the other, that the binding covenant between them may be a tie that will endure forever. Their purpose must be this to become loving companions and comrades and one with each other for time and eternity.

 

4. Be united both physically and spiritually, this is godly marriage :

The true marriage is this, that husband and wife should be united both physically and spiritually, that they may ever improve the spiritual life and each other and may enjoy everlasting unity throughout. This is Godly marriage.

 

5. Carry out your moral responsibilities :

The Institution of marriage, while giving due importance to the physical aspect of marital union considers it as subordinate to the moral and spiritual purposes and functions with which it has been invested by an all-wise and loving providence. Only when these different values are given each their due importance, and only on the basis of the subordination of the physical to the moral, and the carnal to the spiritual can such excesses and laxity in marital relations as our decadent age is so sadly witnessing be avoided, and family life be restored to its original purity, and fulfil the true function for which it has been instituted by God.