Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Christian Marriage Counseling - Expectation and some hidden truth

Christian Marriage Counseling has been the topic that I have been focusing on. After several issues on christian marriage counseling I have realized that the need for christian marriage counseling shall always be carefully judged so that society will not become too dependent with counseling.

Attending christian marriage counseling session does not necessarily mean that the problems faced by the couples will be solved. In many cases, the counselors have difficulties in finding the real problems that caused the married couples to have differences. It has also been noticed that some married persons simply go for christian marriage counseling even if they know that they can solve the problems themselves without going for christian marriage counseling. They go for christian marriage counseling because they have caught the habits of going for counseling even without real reasons. For these sorts of cases, going for christian marriage counseling can sometimes make their situation worsen. We have come across few instances where the counselors have been caught for having extramarital affairs with their clients.

Christian marriage counseling is supposed to help saving marriages and in most cases it really does that. However when married couples do not play serious roles in identifying the real problems that they are facing, they will end up going for christian marriage counseling for wrong reasons and worse still they will expose themselves to more serious problems without them knowing.

It is strongly advised that married couples consider getting some advices from close relatives or even friends before they decide to go for christian marriage counseling session. It is not to advice on their problem. It should be an advice just on whether they should go for christian marriage counseling session for the problems they are facing or not! This will provide third party opinions for the married couples to at least have some other views on the problems that they are facing.

This article has no intention to discredit the importance of christian marriage counseling in today’s society. It just wants to highlight to the society the consequences that might arise due to married couple’s weaknesses in dealing with their own marriage relationships. Married couples should take every initiative to strengthen their marriage relationship as this is the most important aspect in the marriage life. The stronger the bondage between the married couples the longer their marriage will survive.

Married couples should not take their marriage lightly. They must value the marriage by sacrificing their valuable times for their loved ones. Spend sufficient time for your marriage so that you will keep improving your marriage life. Christian marriage counseling will be able to save marriage if the marriage relationship is still strong, otherwise there is no guarantee that the marriage could be saved.

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