joeyey:

Should Parents choose wife/husband for their children?

Choose if your Children grants you the task, else they should just lay off and only give advice if they see a character in either of them (wife-to-be or husband-to-be) that is like a ticking bomb in the foundation of their marriage.
The fact that your parents chose your wife/husband does not mean that you should do the same for your children, whether you like it or not or whether you marriage is still strong or not.

I think the choice of a life partner is an issue that has to be handled with care, patience and wisdom from above. In fact in my own opinion, this is an issue that requires God, God and God. God put our parents in our lives for a purpose and they are stewards to look after us, guide us and bring us up in the way of the Lord and once a child is brought up that way, he will not depart from that good upbringing.

Just because your father and mother chose a life partner for you or were involved in the decision making does not guarantee the marriage will last. There are so many broken marriages now and a huge number of them had parental involvement but yet it still crashed because the two people involved were not committed enough to make the marriage blossom trusting in God to help them out.

We need to listen to the advice of our parents but I think above all, if you have a solid relationship with God, he will speak to your heart and let you know the right decision to make because our parents do not take the place of God in our lives but sometimes intentionally or unintentionally, we treat our parents as our God.

No matter who you get married to in life, you will be faced with problems, trials and tribulations and one must not relax and think that all is well since mummy and daddy chose for me. NO. The bible says that those who get married will be faced with many trials. Marriage is like a professional exam you have to invest time in to be able to pass it or else if you do not invest time to study and nurture and build, then the marriage is bound to fail.

So in essence, hear your parents out and see where they are coming from and think deeply about their reasons but above all, develop a better relationship with God so that you can discern when some reasons are out of place,

Nobody chooses my wife for me. That i know for sure

Parents shouldnt choose partners for their children

My parents can choose my partner for me but if they are not happy with my choice I may have to re-analyze. Sometimes, they see things we can't see because we are in crush!

no parent should choose partner for a child but guidiance must be provided. Afterall how many of them have made success of thier choices. It takes God and man taking chances!

Why will they do that for me, i trust my folks

Do they still do such thing?

maybe, maybe not @ topic.

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