My cousin marred his sweetheart at 16 ,had a wonderful marriage and are proud great grand parents. My son is 46 this oct. never married, wanted and wants to, but has been cursed by the circumstances every time. God had the right girl for him,I think, but her father forbade it. The girl was Chinese and her Father wouldn't not bless her marrying an American. My son has never had girl friend since. My youngest child is a boy, was 38, never married a girl, he is homosexual. About 4 yrs ago, I offered God my life for his salvation . God refused me, and killed my son. He was dead, but was revived two time and is alive, but totally paralyzed, neck down. I am forbidden to see him, by his choice, by the wink of an eye, because his older sister make him promise not to allow me a visit to see him before all the surgery was done. He is alive and today, and still very able to think and operate a computer, as far as I know. No one is communicating with me. My first wife died in 07 and I moved to the Philippines and remarried and have a wonderful ministry at 71yrs. this June26. I have no plans of ever returning to the states. My first marriage was wonderful until my oldest daughter became a teen. Then she and her mother turned totally against me and ruined our family. Now all of my family and three of my siblings and even the church, which was backing me in the ministry, have turned against me. In the end, my wife deliberately crucified me in the church I was pastoring by her science at my trial in 2000, and bad mouthing me to friends. God remover my wife of 40 yrs., from my life in 2007 with, undetected, eye cancer. My ministry here in the Philippines is being blessed of God.
JustinUK, Why, do I tell you my story? You can not predict your future, all you can do is make wise choices for today and keep a close walk with Jesus all alone the ways, and prayer for God's blessing. My first wife and I agreed ,we make a wrong choice with allowing our daughter to remain in our home at the age of 13. We agreed, we should have send her away to a Christian boarding school in a third world country.
I was saved at 17, went to Bible college and seminary, married at 25, had a great marriage, but problems began when our daughter was 3 yrs old, her mother started to defend her anger at age 3. My wife's disrespect and my anger destroyed our marriage. May God bless you with the right choice. Love to all, Hoffco