Making a stand to protect our marriages

This week, My Paper reported that Ashley Madison, a dating site for married married couples, could be here in Singapore by next year with it’s CEO’s plan to expand into Asia.

Clearly I’m disturbed by it because this is a business that encourages temptations, cheating and infidelity that threatens to shake the grounds of morality and the very fabric of families and society. Judging from the amount of adverting in it’s recent foray to Hong Kong, their pockets are very very deep and they will be all out to seduce you.

Temptations have been around since Adam and Eve’s time and this is exactly what this website is about – courting with temptations. We are not immune to temptations unless we choose to be ostriches and stick our heads in the ground. If it’s not this website, there are still other avenues where one can be tempted.

I’m  sure that MDA and the various religious groups are going to fight against its entrance to Singapore but at the end of the day, we are responsible for our own marriages and we all live with our decisions.

 

As a believer and a voice for family, I pray that you will join me in making a stand to protect our marriages today, regardless of where you are in your marriages- engaged, newly wed or celebrating your silver anniversary.

Let’s choose to be faithful, truthful and committed to the partner whom we have made a covenant before God, to be there for them better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health until separated by death.

 

As couples, here are some thing you can do to strengthen your marriage.

1. Pray together and pray for each other
2. Make time for each other, espcially those with young kids
3. Share honestly about your feelings
4. Be good listeners
5. Speak life to each other. As wives, we may be tempted to nag but our husbands are not our kids
6. Stay committed to each other even when the going gets tough
7. Show appreciation for each other
8. Agree to disagree and always make up if you have an arguement
9. Go on dates
10. Better still, take time out to go on holiday without the kids. We did it before and it was rejuvenating for our marriage

 

And a quote I want to leave with you, “Choose your love, love your choice.”

Marriage is no bed of roses so be prepared to have disagreements. In fact, you may even quarrel and have occasional fights. But at the end of the day, remember you are a team. A team who is building a future together.

And as a challenge, tell your spouse one thing that you love about him/her today. Hold them in high esteem and celebrate who they are and challenge other married friends to do the same.

 

Please support the petition to block Ashley Madison on Facebook too.

 

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