Regarding wedding preparation, people usually spend more energy, time, and money on appearances than substance. Perfect color schemes but inadequate vows. Exhaustive knowledge about wedding dresses and tiaras, but almost nothing about the significance and meaning of marriage. Ceremonial skills and preparation but little life preparation. Wedding preparation is a time for a last minute checkup to make sure relationship skills that should have been learned during early childhood education and dating or courting are a part of the couple's life.
The color schemes, the dresses, the tuxedos, the reception and music must all be perfect. Often it is like spending a million dollars to paint a junky car that will never run.
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How mature and faithful is your church in preparing its couples for marriage?
Most pastors take some courses and require at least a little premarital counseling, but often a brief presentation or two or three is not sufficient to make sure the couple are sufficiently and responsibly prepared for marriage.
There is a common belief that if a church blesses a marriage, then it is legitimate and holy. But, is it?
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