Why do people get married? A report in the British journal Health 24 lists the top six reasons people give for getting married:
6. It’s the right time.
5. To celebrate.
4. To start a family.
3. It’s part of the culture.
2. To make a commitment. .
1. You’re in love.
Ah! Love. That’s what marriage is all about isn’t it? But do we really understand what love in the sense of God-ordained love is in the context of marriage that makes love the right reason to get married? Sometimes I wonder.
We use love to express emotions, feelings, and infatuation. We use the term, especially in the English language, so loosely, that we have lost its biblical meaning, the meaning that it is supposed to carry in marriage.
