Posted By: Andy
Help! Daughter wants to get married! - 10/19/08 05:04 AM
Just a brief comment cuz most of it's covered in prayer and she usually listens.
Short Story:
She has an almost guaranteed scholarship at Columbia International University , that's one of those all expenses as in tuition, fees, food, boarding and most anything else she would need for 4 years. Yet...all of a sudden...she and her boyfriend feel it is God's will for them to marry at 18, work part-time jobs for tuition at a local Junior College, live with friends and still pay bills if necessary.
She and I have talked at length (That's a good at length ladies as she initiated all conversations)about how I feel about it and she understands that although I do not agree nor think it is wise. At that point in life she will be an adult and I really have no right to say no. (about marriage)
Personally, I think both she and her boyfriend have quite a few fantasies involved here, a desire to get away from parents' a fear of leaving home (her and school), He's a Knight in Shining Armor coming to her rescue and she is his Princess.
Anyway, I promised short so I'll stop but suffice to say that both Mother's are making things quite hard on the daughter. One is all for it and the other is stomping her feet and threatening to make them stop dating. Which by the way I did carefully explain to daughter that if Mom asked her or told her to stop dating that if she really was trying to live by God's Word then she should seriously consider;
Which of course brought on tears and her question of Why is it that living by God's Word has to be so hard? Baby, God will never ask us to do something that is contrary to his Word.
Any who...please keep her and me in your prayers. That would be Andy and Leslie
The ones that need prayer
Short Story:
She has an almost guaranteed scholarship at Columbia International University , that's one of those all expenses as in tuition, fees, food, boarding and most anything else she would need for 4 years. Yet...all of a sudden...she and her boyfriend feel it is God's will for them to marry at 18, work part-time jobs for tuition at a local Junior College, live with friends and still pay bills if necessary.
She and I have talked at length (That's a good at length ladies as she initiated all conversations)about how I feel about it and she understands that although I do not agree nor think it is wise. At that point in life she will be an adult and I really have no right to say no. (about marriage)
Personally, I think both she and her boyfriend have quite a few fantasies involved here, a desire to get away from parents' a fear of leaving home (her and school), He's a Knight in Shining Armor coming to her rescue and she is his Princess.
Anyway, I promised short so I'll stop but suffice to say that both Mother's are making things quite hard on the daughter. One is all for it and the other is stomping her feet and threatening to make them stop dating. Which by the way I did carefully explain to daughter that if Mom asked her or told her to stop dating that if she really was trying to live by God's Word then she should seriously consider;
Quote
Ephesians 6
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
Which of course brought on tears and her question of Why is it that living by God's Word has to be so hard? Baby, God will never ask us to do something that is contrary to his Word.
Any who...please keep her and me in your prayers. That would be Andy and Leslie
The ones that need prayer