Rushing Into Marriage

So this is a never ending topic of discussion for me. Just to give you a brief background on me before I state my opinions on this issue, I have been in a 5 year relationship with my fiancé and we have currently been engaged for 6 months officially tomorrow. So as far as the rushing thing is concerned on my end, I'd say we've both been pretty patient. Granted when my fiance and I first met, we knew we'd marry each other because God confirmed that through prayer for the both of us. I will be graduating college in three months and will be established prior to getting married. During that time of establishing myself I will be waiting for him to graduate, then we will start our lives from there.

Now that you've seen my experience with this topic you can probably conclude that I am a firm believer in not rushing into marriage. Am I telling you to wait 5 years like I did? Heavens no! However, I do believe it takes time to really know who a person is and to grow in a relationship with that significant other effectively requires going through both good and bad times.

I believe that in movies we are taught to believe that love is this happy thing which it is, but true love endures test. The Bible says that love never fails so how do you know if you can truly spend the rest of your life with someone if as a unit you all have never been tested? I think at this point in time in my life this topic is relevant due to the fact that I have a plethora of friends graduating this school year and many want to go to the next phase in life (marriage and establish a family) because they fear that if they don't get it right away it will never happen.

I have so so so much I could say on this issue and should probably make a youtube video because the amount of discussions I've had in regards to this subject is astronomical and it saddens me that someone is willing to risk making the mistake of rushing to marry the wrong person, instead of trusting God and waiting for the right one.

Readers, please share your thoughts on this.

Charity R.