A cleric, Ven. Henry Ibeanusi, said in Enugu on Sunday that God instituted marriage to bring completeness and happiness to man. “It ...
A
cleric, Ven. Henry Ibeanusi, said in Enugu on Sunday that God instituted
marriage to bring completeness and happiness to man.
“It
then means that a mature and progressive man without a wife is incomplete and
is unhappy,’’ Ibeanusi said in a homily he delivered at the Anglican Church of
Ascension.
He
cited the Book of Colossians 3:18–22 as he spoke on “The Joy of a Family
Life’’.
Ven,
Ibeanusi noted that Adam, being the wealthiest man on earth during his time and
having dominion on all the earth, including animal, natural resources and
environment, was not happy until God provided a wife for him.
According
to him, God saw the unhappiness and emotional emptiness and gloominess of Adam
and in His wisdom offered him a wife as a lasting solution.
“The
story of Adam shows that riches, wealth and influence do not give real
happiness and completeness to a man.
“There
is always a place for a woman in a man’s life to build a happy and prosperous
family and home,’’ he said.
Ibeanusi
enumerated some duties of a man, a woman, and those of children and maids
within the family as enshrined in the Holy Bible to ensure a happy home where
love and oneness dwells.
“There
must be mutual respect for every person within the family even for the children
and maids.
“The
father must learn to accommodate, tolerate and love other family members; the
mother must be submissive to the father, while the children must obey their
father and mother,’’ he said.
The
cleric prayed for families that have crises as well as disunited families for
God to bring peace, love and unity in them. (NAN)
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