The American Family 1988-2028: Looking Back and Looking Forward

The decline in the institute of marriage saddens me. It shows a lessening in the belief of God's Holy union of marriage. Many more people are getting divorced, having kids out side of marriage and living with "life partners", but not getting married. all of these things reflect poorly on Christians because a lot of the people involved in these statistics are Christians. Personally i hate divorce and infidelity, and it makes me really sad when people get divorced especially when they have kids because it traumatizes them. couples are meant to stay together forever so when they split, there is lots of heartbreak and disruption in their lives. this is God's way of telling them not to split up. I think in the bible it says that spliting up with your spouse is ok if their is infidelity, but forgiveness is really important, so i think it is important not to just give up on your marriage, but try to work through it. i have heard a lot of stories about marriages where the husband or wife cheats on the other spouse and they work through it and their marriage is better than when it started. this is not the rule, but the exception. i think, when i reflect on the issue, that when i am older and looking for a husband, that i will date the guy for a very long time to be sure that i love him and what to spend the rest of my life with him. also i will want to make sure that God is showing me that he is the one He chose for me because i don't want to be in an unhappy marriage.