Trust: Seriousness in Marriage
Marriage seems to be losing its importance nowadays. I’ve seen married couples divorced leaving children in broken home. I’ve also seen married couples with same sex. Is marriage considered a joke now? Something that you can do instantly and then forget it just like that?
Ironically, I saw this show on The Simpsons, the most famous dysfunctional American family. This specific edition was about marriage. It’s when Marge Simpson was being approached by Moe -the owner of Moe’s bar, where Hommer Simpson likes to hang out and drinks beer. To keep the story short, Marge and Moe were on the plane. I forgot why they were on the plane, but Hommer was speeding on the highway and got pulled over by policemen. Fortunately, they knew Hommer and asked why he was speeding. He said he’s going to save his marriage. So, the policemen helped Hommer and made way for him (romantic, huh?) to the airport.
The story continued to where this one policeman helped Hommer chase the taxiing plane using ladder with wheel. Hommer managed to get on the plane. Don’t ask how. It’s too gross.
Anyway, on the plane, Hommer wanted Marge to go with him. Moe, being a pain in the neck, said that he loved her and that Hommer didn’t know anything about Marge. When asked about her favorite color (or favorite something, I don’t remember) Hommer didn’t know. Moe did. So, Hommer reluctantly went and left them alone in agony.
However, Marge said that she didn’t love Moe. He loved Hommer. So, eventually, Marge was still with Hommer and that she loved him.
So, the moral of the story? Isn’t that obvious? Even if there’s someone else along the way in a marriage, you must stick with your partner.
There’s also this celebrity couples. They’ve been married for 9-10 years. They have 3 children. The oldest son is going to go to Elementary School. The husband is going to divorce his wife on the base that she conducted abortion besides the fact that the husband has undergone vasectomy operation.
What’s going on to this world now? Are these events meant to occur as a joke? So that people who live together can say, “See what happen to married people?” Why can’t they stick together? I think they have lost the basic thing in marriage. In fact, the basic thing for relationship to everyone: TRUST.
Amazing, come to think of it. A dysfunctional family can stick together (I know it’s a movie and that there’s a lot of stake to bet in the business) but in real life couples can’t. Why don’t people think twice before sentencing divorcement? Why can’t they look in the eyes of their couple and see if they can be trusted? Or they don’t their couples well? Even from the beginning? Why can’t they look in the eyes of their children. The children they bring to this world. The children who have no choice of chosing who their parents are and that they have to accept that they have bad parents. Look into their eyes who need the love of mother and father.
Hollywood movies play a role in this, also. Have you been noticing Hollywood movies in which children live with their father or mother only? That their father or mother has divorced or live separately. And that the father or mother visits his/ her children regularly? It seems that Hollywoord tries to teach that it is a normal American family life nowadays.
People must remember that when they got married, God is there and He blesses the marriage. That’s why, although divorcement is allowed, it is not condoned by Him. People need to take marriage seriously and to remember that the keyword for marriage is: TRUST.
