Beatitudes for Married Couples

This Sunday has been designated in churches around the world as “World Marriage Day.” How important is a strong, healthy marriage? It is absolutely vital to the whole fabric of our society.  The marriage and family unit is the main building block of an orderly society.

What a comfort it is to know that from the beginning of creation, when God made the first couple, Adam and Eve, He had a beautiful and perfect plan for marriage: “one man… one woman… for life.”  The growing problem in our world is that couples have departed from God’s original blueprint for marriage.  

It is hard to build a solid marriage on a world system as unstable as ours.  That is why we must build our marriages on God’s Word.  Jesus told us clearly what we could expect if we choose to build our lives on the foundation of His Word.

        Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock

        The rains came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house;  yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

        But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

        The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash

Matthew 7:24-27, NIV

The sound of “crashing” marriages around us does not shout that marriage does not work but demonstrates the lack of solid foundations in those marriages. It is no coincidence that today’s society, which has rejected the Word of God, has such difficulty with marriage. If we reject God’s Word and His plan, we cannot make marriages work, for marriages only work when we do them God’s way. Below are beatitudes for a happy marriage based on principles from the Word of God.

Beatitudes for a Happy Marriage

Blessed are the husband and wife who continue to be affectionate, considerate, and loving through all the days of their life together.

Blessed are the husband and wife who are as polite and courteous to one another as they are to their friends.

Blessed are the husband and wife who have a sense of humor, for this will be a handy shock absorber.

Blessed are they who love each other more than any other person in the world, and joyfully fulfill their marriage vow of a lifetime of faithfulness as husband and wife.

Blessed are they who thank God for their blessings, and who set aside some time each day for the reading of the Bible and prayer.

Blessed are they who never speak harshly to each other and who make their home a place of mutual encouragement and love.

Blessed are the husband and wife who can work out their problems without interference from relatives.

Blessed are the husband and wife who dedicate their lives and their home to the advancement of Christ and His kingdom.

God is the only third party in a marriage that can make it work.