Another class closer to Dr Preacher.
Just
completed Advanced Family And Marital Counseling. And just started my research
project for my D-Min. It will be about a two year endeavor researching and writing
about the effects of premarital counseling on divorce, and how a potential mentoring
program for the church might help prepare engaged and newly wed couples for the
issues that wreck many marriages. Prevention. Many ladies have worked out the minutest
detail of their wedding by the time they enter adolescences; much less before
some shlub asks “will you?” Yet, in all that planning of perfect dresses and
seven tiered cakes, they neglect to plan for what to do when they face financial
trouble, mother-in-law conflicts, and (shhhhh) sexual issues. (For
him, consider the analogy of proper automotive maintenance: counseling likened
to oil changes and tire rotation. i.e. preventative maintenance now is far less
costly that repairs later!) However this analogy breaks down by gender, the point is
the necessity of starting the marriage out right. Mentoring can
help alleviate the troubles that married couples experience in those critical first
five years.
The
end will justify the time, energy, and effort that I will put into the task. But,
please pray for me as I negotiate the aspects of writing a formal research
project.
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