Religion & Spirituality2 mins ago
Marriage
Answers
No best answer has yet been selected by justineo. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Here is my interpretation:
A civil ceremony acknowledges a marriage for those who want the event recorded in public record, like a contract. And like a contract, there are always good reasons for both parties to enter it.
A church wedding is a sacrament and covenant between husband, wife, and God. People who choose a church wedding are binding themselves and their marriage to God.
We are free to decide if we wish to include God in our life. When we do, I think a church wedding is best because it helps to strengthen the relationship. Human relationships are difficult - no doubt about that. Many people find help when they add God to their relationship. In the church service wedding, family, friends, church members and clergy are all there in support of the marriage. When times get tough later, and they will - it is just human nature - there remains the network of family, friends, church members and clergy - and God - who are there to help you.
In my case, we are indeed quite old-fashioned. But for us, the support to our relationship from having been married is helpful to us and our children.
Mrs rampart and I regularly attend worship services at the cathedral where we married a few years ago. It is very nice, because I still fondly recall the beauty of the day that we married. We've attended other weddings at the cathedral and other places, but still, I find my own day to be the most beautiful. I remember the emotions in my heart, the smile on her face when she came down the aisle, the coolness of the flowers, the choir and string quartet, dancing, and honeymoon.
We certainly have some struggles on occasion. But there are many things about the wedding that help us keep ourselves together. And when the fight is over, I'm always glad that we stuck it out.
So, yes, in my particular case, marriage is helpful to our family.