THE GLORY OF FAMILY LIFE If we really want to experience happiness in family life, we should understand its significance. We should know the answer to the following questions: Who started family life? Whats was his aim in doing so? How and to what extent does He help us in our family life? 1) It was God who started family life! The way family was started is described in Genesis, the Fist book of the bible. The first wedding took place in the Garden of Eden. It was God our creator and the Marker of Heaven and Earth who conducted the first wedding between the first man Adam and the first woman Eve. The all-wise God who created us never does anything without proper reason. The fact that God Himself started family life shows how important it is. Today many people are people are not alive to its importance. They think marriage is a mere ceremony conducted in keeping with tradition. Many others suppose that parents are duty-bound to conduct the marriag...
HAPPINESS IN FAMILY LIFE Some years ago, a redeemed daughter of our Lord was travelling by plane. Sitting by her side was a woman from a foreign country. Refusing the food offere by the air hostess, the foreigner asked for liquor and went on drinking it. The woman by her side asked, “Why are you drinking without eating any food?” The foreigner replied, “I’m fasting.” The devout daughter of God was greatly surprised to learn that the woman was at once drinking and fasting. Observing the expression on the face of her neighbor, the foreigner continued, “ I’m not a Christian as you suppose. The god I worship is satan. I fast and pray to Satan to split families, to sow discord between husband and wife and wreck the peace in every family”. These words gave me a rude shock. When later the daughter of God wrote to convey this to me, my heart became unspeakably heavy. These days the Devil is hell-bent on spoiling the happy relationship betw...