Marry "Only in the Lord" Still Realistic?

CONFIDENCE IN JEHOVAH IS ESSENTIAL

If you have ever had similar feelings, you can be sure that Jehovah  understands your situation and knows exactly how you feel. -2 Chronicles 6:29, 30. 

Still, in the Bible, Jehovah commands us to marry only in the Lord.  Why?  Because he knows what is best for us and he wants to protect us.  He does not want us to make bad choices that will hurt us or make us unhappy. In Nehemiah's day, many Jews were marrying women who  did not serve God. So Nehemiah mentioned the bad example of Solomon. He "was loved by his God, so that God made him king over all Israel.  But the foreign wives caused  him to sin." (Nehemiah 13:23-26) Jehovah knows that his reminders are good for us, and that is why he  had directed  Christians to marry only in the Lord.  (Psalm 19:7-10; Isaiah 48:17, 18) We are very thankful that he gives us counsel that is loving and reliable.  When we obey Jehovah as our Ruler, we accept that he ahs the right to tell us what to do. -Proverbs 1:5. 

Surely, you do not want to become "unevenly yoked," that is to marry someone who does not love Jehovah. That person could cause you to stop serving God.  (2 Corinthians 6:14) God's counsel always works, and many Christians today have wisely chosen to  obey Jehovah. However, others have chosen differently. 

Next time: Marry "Only in the Lord" Still Realistic? -STILL REALISTIC

From the Watchtower magazine, 2015