WHY GETTING MARRY TO A MASQUERADE?
Bisi Adewale
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the ends thereof are the ways of death” Proverb 14:12
Be very careful. Make sure you do not marry a masquerade. Do not marry somebody you don’t know, a stranger.
Some people meet in a commercial bus and a relationship ensues immediately, with claims that they are being led by God. This is dangerous.
“A stranger is a danger”. Be very careful. Your so-called “love at first sight” may turn to get-lost at first sight. Marry somebody you know. Never marry a masquerade. Do you know the person under the cover of their cloth?
Our brethren in the NYSC (National Youth Service Corps) orientation camp should be very careful too. NYSC camp is a place where majority of the brethren look forward to getting their life partners.
They see it as a ‘last resort” and they prepare their mind before going to the camp to get a partner at all cost, they pray seriously about it and hit the camp with great expectations. That explains why many fell into wrong hands easily at the camp.
I am not saying you cannot meet your partner in the camp. You can, if the Lord planned it that way. A sister received as many as five proposals within the span of two to three weeks that the camp lasted. If the lady was not careful, she would have made the wrong choice. She might pick a masquerade.
Some unbelievers pretend to be born again at the camp so as to pick a “firebrand brother or sister”. Engaged and married people pretend as if they were unattached in the camp. Some whose lives are messed up pretend to be saints when they get to camp in order to deceive unsuspecting brethren.
Please, my brother and sister be patient; NYSC camp is not your last chance of getting a partner. God has a better plan for you. Wait for Him. Do not put your life on sale. Know the person you are going to commit yourself to, lest you later blame yourself.
Get to know the person you want to marry very well. Know whether you are meant for each other.
Know whether you can live with each other bearing in mind your past. If you discover you cannot live with each other’s past you had better think twice. A broken courtship is not a divorce and it is better than a broken home.
