Quotes on

I will not leave you till…

… that is a statement that is fast losing meaning.

Olufemi Fasanya
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relationshipmatters@gmail.com
Introduction

Dear Reader,

I have compiled extracts of quotes for my yet to be published article for couples and singles who are
willing to learn taggeed ‘I will not leave you till… that is a statement that is fast losing meaning.’

I pray that it will help the marriages of those that read it and for singles, I pray that it will help them to
see the need to tread path of relationship with the opposite sex with wisdom.

Olufemi Fasanya
www.heavenonearthmarriage.blogspot.com
www.relationship-singles.blogspot.co
 Let me ask you a question that I have been asking singles for sometime now; how long do you want
to be married?
 It’s so easy to have a big picture of a marriage with till death do you part experience, but it is clear
that the rate of divorce is reaching an alarming rate all over the world.
 The choices you make will determine if you will get your marital dream fulfilled and remain in a happy
married union till death do either of you part.
 The rate of violence amongst youths can be traced to turbulence in the relationship of their parents
or the hurt of that came from divorce.
 One reality we must wake up to is that divorce is becoming an option that is seen as a way out from
what people call ‘a terrible marriage.’
 Isaac Digi, a family consultant and a preacher made the following statement to buttress this point in
the Sunday Punch, February 27, 2005; Men change because there is what is called the enemies
of marriage. First and foremost, you have what is called familiarity. You have become so
familiar with him that you take him for granted. The man you used to paint your face for
anytime you know he is coming, but all of a sudden, he is your husband now and he is coming.
And it’s like, but he has seen me before, what am I looking for? But whether you like it or not,
your appearance, have an effect on your husband.
 Communication breakdown is a major reason for divorce; once there is communication breakdown,
other things will naturally fall apart too.
 One of the present challenges of this generation is that of lack of character. We really don’t keep our
words, and it reflects in the divorce rate.
 Sexuality researcher Dr Alfred Kinsey who is a sexuality researcher did a study of 6000
marriages and 8000 divorces revealed that, “There may be nothing more important in
marriage than a determination that it shall persist. With such a determination, individual
force themselves to adjust and to accept situation which would seem sufficient ground
for breakup, if continuation of the marriage is not the prime objective.”
 Lack of character reflects itself in extra marital affair; marital unfaithfulness is also a growing
reason for divorce.
 Dr Sherman S. Watkins, in the book, Listen to her and understanding him, wrote the following
words, “When the Lord looks at fornication in a relationship, He sees a thief and a murderer. A
thief because you have taken a portion of the body that belongs to someone else and given it
to another. Once you give your body to another, you actually die out of the original
relationship. It is the same as your partner dying. When God sees this, He sees death in the
marriage. He has always held that as long as a companion was dead, it left them free to re-
marry.”
 It’s living a fool’s world to make prospective partners believe that their marriage will be without
challenges.
 It has being discovered that marriages that the couples went through counseling while they are
courting often have a higher chance of succeeding than those who bye passes this process.