Why Are We Spending More Time Planning The Wedding

Than The Marriage? Transition In!

      Ever since I was old enough to know what boys were I understood the basic rules and facts of life like boys are gross because they fart, burp and spit. Then I grew older and my teenage hormones effected my eyes drastically to make these disturbing features seem not so important and I really started liking the male race...especially the ones that looked like Zack Morris from "Saved By The Bell." But that is just it...did men suddenly stop farting, burping or spitting? Of course not! 

     And girls are totally bizarre to boys because we love to shop, play dress up and take forever to get ready and gussied up. When we grow older do these traits stop? No! But when we are dating these things are not the things that are right up in your face. You see their drop dead gorgeous smile and their charm. Then you get engaged.....

     That is when the girl whips our her wedding scrapbook that she has been keeping locked in her mind until that moment and she spends the next weeks to months planning every detail about that special day. But in that lies the problem; it is only one day! There will be huge transitions from the single life to marital bliss like dealing with the small stuff like shopping and farts to the big stuff like your finances and planning for kids. I know that it may not be the most romantic date you have ever been on, but in order for this transition into married life to be a smooth one then plan a date where you talk about your peeves, your plans and your goal. Make this easier on yourself!

     And of course the best way to make this transition the best is to involve God in every step. Let your connection to Him help bind you both together and become stronger. That is what will make a marriage something extraordinary!