Hard Does Not Mean Bad: Reclaiming Marriage from the Culture
In the name of Jesus. Amen. Matthias and Emma, what are you doing here today? Don’t you know that you are too young to get married? You are not even old enough to drink a beer or rent a car. Now, speaking of being young, shouldn’t you be out having fun, perhaps traveling and partying? That is to say: why would you want to tie yourself down with marriage? Shouldn’t you instead date around, have a little sex, and figure out who you are? You don’t want to wake up at 30 years old and feel like you missed out on your twenties, do you? Matthias and Emma, maybe you are looking at this the wrong way in the first place. Why rush into marriage at all? Why not just live together? You know, move in, get a dog, save some money, and don’t tie yourself down legally. Then, if it works out great – if not, oh well. And Emma, what is this that we have heard? You can’t wait to have babies? Emma, don’t you know that babies are going to make you lose out on freedom? And Ma...
