{"id":65864,"date":"2019-03-28T16:48:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65864"},"modified":"2019-03-28T16:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:48:32","slug":"checking-the-increasing-rate-of-divorce-in-our-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/checking-the-increasing-rate-of-divorce-in-our-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking the increasing rate of divorce in our society"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\":qq\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":qp\" class=\"a3s aXjCH \">\nBy Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu<\/p>\n<p>Today, the ultimate aim of the Almighty God in instituting\u00a0 marriage seems<br \/>\ndefeated as marriages are crashing by the seconds across the globe. God had<br \/>\ninstituted marriage for the purposes of perpetuity and procreation. But the<br \/>\nreverse is the case.<\/p>\n<p>According to a projection, the number of family breakups doubled between<br \/>\n1970 and 1980.Though the rate slowed during 1980, the projection predicts<br \/>\nthat if the rate of divorce\u00a0 does not abate in the coming years, permanent<br \/>\nmarriages will soon drop to below 50 percent of the population.<\/p>\n<p>The trend has changed from increase in the divorce of those married for<br \/>\nmore than twenty years in the 1970s to the dissolution of marriages even<br \/>\nfew months after contracting them. In fact before now, it was assumed that<br \/>\nif a couple made it through two decades, the marriage was sealed for life.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts and different schools of thoughts have attributed the alarming<br \/>\nincrease in marriage breakups to several factors. It is argued that the<br \/>\nhyper improvement in technology has foisted several adjustments on the<br \/>\nlives of couples. Couples who were initially compatible in several ways<br \/>\nhave now drifted apart. These include the introduction of mobile gadgets<br \/>\nwhich has ridiculous facilitated promiscuity among couples as a result of<br \/>\neasy access to vital information.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, harsh economic situations have hit most families below the belt<br \/>\nstretching the patience of most vulnerable wives to unprecedented limits.<br \/>\nNow, the vow&#8221; for better, for worse&#8221; is now a story for the birds .When<br \/>\nthese wives could no longer bear the excruciating pains of the stings from<br \/>\nthe harsh economic conditions, they seek for greener pastures. In this<br \/>\nvein, men are not spared as the harsh economic situations have turned them<br \/>\nto gold diggers. In their gold digging adventures, they may dig deep into<br \/>\nthe gold mines of some easy virtue women and become trapped forever.<\/p>\n<p>Most times, childlessness which exerts much pressure from the relatives of<br \/>\nthe couples may lead to marriage breakup if the couple fails to demonstrate<br \/>\nintense maturity and absorb the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily, the church could have been a succour or provided alternative<br \/>\nfor marriages on the verge of collapse but the reverse is the case as the<br \/>\nchurch has in some instances facilitated marriage breakups. Instances<br \/>\nabound where wives who have gone to ministers of God to seek solutions for<br \/>\ntheir marriage trials have ended up being wooed by the ministers . A<br \/>\nstartling number of veteran Christians, even high profile preachers have<br \/>\ntaken to divorce as the last resort to end their marriage disagreements.<br \/>\nThe church as soon as the last marriage is dissolved presides over another<br \/>\nmarriage by the same preacher.It could have been more ideal for a preacher<br \/>\nwho resorted to divorce as the last effort to end marriage disagreements to<br \/>\nlack the moral courage to preside over church activities. This is because<br \/>\none of the maxims of equity prescribes that&#8221; he who comes to equity must<br \/>\ncome with clean hands&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If the truth and biblical principles were to be upheld in the church,<br \/>\nChristians who sought unbiblical divorces should not be allowed to hold<br \/>\nhigh offices in the church. Also, the church could have served as a center<br \/>\nfor instructions that enrich the lives of members. By so doing, many<br \/>\nmarriages could have been saved from collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Another major contributor to the unprecedented marriage breakups are the<br \/>\nlegal institutions. The sanctity of marriage institutions is by no means<br \/>\nrespected by our legal institutions as they blink no eyelid in invoking<br \/>\nsome legal instruments to dissolve marriages even on the most ridiculous<br \/>\ngrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the efforts that would ameliorate this worrisome situation is for<br \/>\nintending couples not to go into marriage on face values or basing marriage<br \/>\nconsideration on elements that are transient or superficial such as wealth,<br \/>\nbeauty or family background. Marriage considerations should be strongly<br \/>\nbased on genuine love which surpasses all superficial considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Also, parents should reduce their influence in marriages either at the<br \/>\ncontractual stage or the marriage proper. They should allow couples to bear<br \/>\ntheir crosses, including childlessness. Immense respect should be accorded<br \/>\nto the biblical injunction: &#8220;For this cause a man shall leave his father<br \/>\nand his mother and shall cleave to his wife;and they shall become one flesh<br \/>\n&#8220;(Genesis 2:24).<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy here to submit that the parties that suffer most in<br \/>\nmarriage breakups are the children as they are raised in a very poor form,<br \/>\nmost times by single parents. This also has spiral effect on the larger<br \/>\nsociety as ill- mannered youths or adults are unleashed on the larger<br \/>\nsociety. It is also not out of place to assert that women from broken homes<br \/>\nmost times do not make good wives.<\/p>\n<p>At this juncture, a pathetic appeal goes to couples to strive beyond<br \/>\nreasonable limits to make their marriages work by being prayerful and<br \/>\nreducing to its barest minimum third party involvements in their marriages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\":sf\" class=\"hq gt a10\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Today, the ultimate aim of the Almighty God in instituting\u00a0 marriage seems defeated as marriages are crashing by the seconds across the globe. 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