Purpose of Marriage
By Rev. Richleigh Hale Powers, Ph.D.

If I were to ask you, "What is the purpose of your marriage? What would you say? Most people don't have an answer. We think about how much we love each other and how things are going in our


marriage, but most of us have not considered
that the marriage should have a clearly defined purpose. What businessman would be so presumptuous as to walk into a bank and ask for a multi-millions dollar loan without a plan to use and pay back that money? Yet many of us enter into and go through marriage without any idea of where we have been, where we are, where we want to go, and how we're going to get there.

The following is a mission statement that one couple wrote for their marriage; "Our purpose is to grow in love for one another, support each other's endeavors, and serve God by using our gifts and skills. Our purpose is long lasting, but our activities involved in fulfilling our purpose change with time." Let me suggest that as a couple you create and write down your own mission statement. By clearly defining your overall purpose in marriage, you are much better prepared to develop and realize your plans for your successful marriage. www.RevPowers.com

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