MARRIAGE: A LONG TERM FRIENDSHIP
“I will never forget the quarrel between my parents when I was in the first grade. I was sitting in my pajamas, listening to them argue---I can’t even remember what it was about. And I remember thinking, “Are Mom and Dad going to get divorce?” Now, this was back in the early 1950s, when divorce was rare; it was hardly even talked about back then. If I had the fear at that age, what must the average first grader today feel? Kids today are surrounded by divorce….Few things can harden the heart of a child more than the divorce of his or her parents. Your kids need a mom and dad who are committed to each other.” (By Dennis and Barbara Rainey) Let me share with you a subscriber’s beautiful testimony: I have had the same fear when I was in grade school. My father was the breadwinner in the family. My mother stays home to take care of all five of us. They often argue because of Daddy’s coming home late. And more often than not, he’s drunk coming from friends get-together partie...