The Watchtower—Study Edition | November 2021
STUDY ARTICLE 46
Newly Married Couples—Build Your Life Around Serving Jehovah
1. ARE you about to get married, or are you newly married? If so, no doubt you look forward to enjoying life with the person you love so deeply. Of course, marriage has its challenges, and there are important decisions to make. The way you approach those challenges and decisions will affect your happiness as a couple for years to come. If you rely on Jehovah, you will make wise decisions, your marriage will grow stronger, and you will be happier. If you fail to take into account God’s thinking, you will likely encounter problems that will put a strain on your marriage, leading to unhappiness.—Read Psalm 37:3, 4.
What this article fails to mention are all the young teens who marry because their pants are on fire, and need to release their hormones. You marry a fellow Jehovah's Witness and supposedly your marriage will grow stronger and happier. Couples will only encounter problems if the they fail to take Jehovah into account.
After 40 years in the same congregation, I witnessed many divorces ( where one mate cheated on another mate). I witnessed fathers ( who were ministerial servants) fail to provide child support after the couples divorced.
A few couples divorced and were disfellowshipped due to cheatings on their spouse, only to come back with a new marriage mate years later. I saw more infidelity inside the Kingdom Hall than on the outside!