This past Saturday I went to see Prince in concert over in Inglewood, CA. OMG!, I had the time of my life at his concert. Although, we only got to see the last hour or so of the show it felt as if we were there the entire four hours of his performance. My favorite song besides Purple Rain is Adore and, yes, Prince performed them both back to back. That really made my night!
Prince sang these lyrics, "Until the end of time I'll be there for you..." It reminded me of the deal that's made after you say 'I do'. Marriage is supposed to be until the end of time. Right? Some may ask what is the end of time? I must be honest I once was curious as well as to what it mean. Under the Christianity background it means until death do us part. However, many others have a different definition to as to what the end of time mean. A lot of relationships have been exhausted for a number of reasons including: domestic abuse, adultery/ infidelity, and lack of trust.
Growing up I observed many relationships, most of them were married couples and others may have been long term without the ring or short temporary ones. Only three were successful; two of the three suffered the lost of the beloved husbands and one is still going strong. That couple just so happen to be my parents. They been together since I was three months old and I will be 25 two weeks from this upcoming Sunday. The other two are my grandparents. Although, my grandmothers suffered such great losses they showed me that couples can survive until the end of time. Through it all they fought for their relationship and stuck it out, even when times were rough. My grandparents have shown me that I too can survive my relationship until the end of time.
In my relationship very often my sweetheart tell me how much he admire the relationship my parents have. Although, he does not know their story, he believes that they are the perfect example of how a marriage can and should be. I, too, can say the same thing. I am one out of a very few that can say my parents are STILL TOGETHER. They are also showing me and many others who may look up to them that can adore their mate and live by Prince's lyrics.
Many times you may want to give up, but I believe until God provides you some sign there is no need to leave. All you have to do is be silent and listen to what he has to say. Work it out! As my mommy would say "research the marriage vows you took before you decide to up and leave." When you stood before God and man you vowed "until the end of time, I give you my heart, I give my mind, I give my body, I give you my time." Through sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer I will be there until the end of time.
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I can say that I to have had the pleasure of having memebers of my family married for years. My grandparents were together until death in which the other died right after the other in which I believed that they died of a broken heart. 65years of marriage I would say so. The movie the "Note Book" is a movie that shows until the end of time and until death.my father has changed wives but it was for the better he has been married now for 15 years. I am currently awaiting my end of time romance that one to adore me until then patiently waiting...
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