{"id":31436,"date":"2025-05-23T05:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=31436"},"modified":"2025-05-23T05:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:42:17","slug":"are-marriagestruly-made-in-heaven-by-olusola-faboya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=31436","title":{"rendered":"Are Marriages\u2026Truly Made in Heaven? by Olusola Faboya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The seemingly apt, but at the same time, a very instructive statement, that\u2026<br \/>\n\u201cMarriages are made in Heaven\u201d, is sometimes uttered and heard in the<br \/>\nhuman society. And they come from intense and gravely challenging<br \/>\nexperiences, that people have gone through, most times very sour and bitter.<br \/>\nBut, in the attendant recognitions, accompanying those experiences, vital<br \/>\nlessons presumably have had to be gained, in the process! Those recognitions<br \/>\nand lessons, in retrospect, have profoundly impacted people\u2019s intuition\u2026for<br \/>\nthem to come to the \u201cconclusion\u201d\u2026that Marriages in real terms, could only be<br \/>\nmade in heaven! Disappointments, resignations, frustrations, despondency<br \/>\nand hypocrisy\u2026often accompany the uttering of this statement. It has even<br \/>\nbeen wisely proclaimed that, ironically, those that are furthest removed from<br \/>\nHeaven, are also heard to hypocritically utter, this very loaded statement!<\/p>\n<p>It can be established, in all honesty, that the sacred institution of Marriage, is<br \/>\none institution that mankind have recklessly debased and ridiculed its<br \/>\nfundamental concept, because of what ill-informed and ill-advised human<br \/>\ncreatures have regretfully, made of it! Ask couples that are intending to<br \/>\nmarry\u2026what the institution of marriage says, about the Creative Will; from<br \/>\nwhence, the dispensation of marriage originates; the prime obligations that<br \/>\ndevolve unconditionally, on those intending to be bonded in marriage; what<br \/>\nthe specific goals of the act of marriage are, in spiritual terms\u2026 the grinning<br \/>\nemptiness and utter lack of knowledge and understanding, would be clearly<br \/>\nexposed, in their responses! But how do you adopt, an undiscerning and<br \/>\novertly adventurous approach, to a serious endeavour, that you really know<br \/>\nnext to nothing about? This is where the tragedy of the whole matter,<br \/>\nbecomes quite evident. With most marriages\u2026the decision is akin to\u2026fools<br \/>\nand simpletons rushing in, where Angels fear to tread\u2026!<br \/>\nIf there is an inter- personal experience, that can decisively make or<br \/>\nmar human life\u2026it is the success or otherwise, of the marital<br \/>\nexperience!<\/p>\n<p>It we go on to ask people generally and intending couples what, convincingly,<br \/>\nthey know of that \u201cHeaven\u201d\u2026where fulfilled marriages are supposed to have<br \/>\nbeen made, the response again, would be largely uncertain, dodgy and<br \/>\nliterally foggy! Most people on earth, do perceive heaven\u2026as some glorious<br \/>\nplace behind-the-clouds; where a Creator (and angels) is supposed to inhabit,<br \/>\nin sovereignty\u2026 and Dominion. And of course, the assumed notion is that<br \/>\nanything coming from Heaven, must have received the blessing and<br \/>\nbenediction of the perfect and wise Creator, before being proffered to human<br \/>\ncreatures, down below!<\/p>\n<p>It may sound rather impracticable and uncharitable to say that, given the<br \/>\nunmitigated disaster that humans have made of the marriage-institution, we<br \/>\nmen and women of these times, should perhaps keep our distance, from this<br \/>\nSacred Institution\u2026until such a time, when the tone of morality, ethical<br \/>\nsensitivity and well informed spirituality, would have improved substantially,<br \/>\non the face of this depraved and sunken Earth! However, it would still be<br \/>\ndesirable and healthy to look at the brighter side of things. As earlier implied<br \/>\nin this presentation, a failed marriage often succeeds, in making repulsive<br \/>\nmonsters and beasts, of human beings! In the settings of marriage these<br \/>\ntimes, domestic violence, cold cruelty, insensitivity, schemes of vengeance<br \/>\nand brutality do thrive, to such extent that one wonders, when human beings<br \/>\nwould really be amenable to the dictates of true-love, temperance, civility,<br \/>\nrestrained behavior\u2026 and Purity.<\/p>\n<p>The sacred Act of Marriage, was not conceived in the human mind, in the first<br \/>\nplace! In other words, the starting point of its conception, was NOT the<br \/>\nhuman society on Earth! The human creature, is permitted to experience it as<br \/>\nan institution from out of the glorious Outworkings of the Creative Will! Its<br \/>\npeculiar direction-of-approach, as a blessed feature, of the Outworkings of the<br \/>\nCreative Will, towards human creatures, is from ABOVE\u2026 downwards! The<br \/>\nhuman creature will therefore be doing himself a whole lot of good, if he can<br \/>\nengender the honest quest for pertinent Knowledge in this connection, so that<br \/>\nthoughtless forays into marriage, will not prove to be a big and costly<br \/>\nretrogressive gamble!<\/p>\n<p>Yes\u2026 Marriages, are made in heaven! It is an irrefutable statement of fact, for<br \/>\nsomeone who has self-motivated himself\/herself, and acquired the knowledge<br \/>\nto know, the strict lawfulness that beautifully circumscribes the evolution of<br \/>\nthe male and female species in Creation. The Adam and Eve allegorical<br \/>\nnarrative, does not exhaustively proffer this knowledge, as useful and<br \/>\ninstructive, as that allegorical account was. The female and male human<br \/>\ncreatures that we see everyday, are in reality to be seen in their actual Origin<br \/>\n(outside and Above the earth) as \u201csplit-species\u201d from\u2026 an erstwhile composite<br \/>\n\u201cWHOLE\u201d! And as \u201csplit-species\u201d they are, unavoidably, attracted and drawn<br \/>\nto each other, in all naturalness, in the human communal-setting on Earth!<br \/>\nThe specific context, in which to contemplate this, is in the providential<br \/>\nOmniscience in the Creative Will, which in sacred wisdom had conceived the<br \/>\nmarriage institution, as it were, to provide a healthy and uplifting setting, for<br \/>\nthe latter coming-together, of the male and female split-pecies. The beautiful<br \/>\ndetails about the supernal wisdom, which the institution of Marriage bespeaks,<br \/>\ncannot be exhaustively explained here, for reason of space.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the foregoing\u2026.it stands to reason that\u2026 if the Providential<br \/>\nOutworkings of the Creative Will, had benevolently supported the evolution of<br \/>\nthe split-species (male and female sexes) and conditioned their mutual<br \/>\nattraction this far\u2026any \u201ccoming-together\u201d on Earth, such as in formal marital<br \/>\nunion and bonding, cannot be contracted, without \u201cupbuilding contributions\u201d<br \/>\nand edifying input from\u2026 HEAVEN\u2026 where we all know that the Creative Will<br \/>\nsituates! Unseen Helpers, abound around the human creatures, subsisting on<br \/>\nEarth, guiding their lawful aspirations, and leading them to overtly beneficial<br \/>\nends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Heaven\u2026is Above! And outside the low-lying Earth, where edifying Help;<br \/>\nfaithful Guidance; guiding Wisdom and uplifting Love, permanently reside! In<br \/>\nother words, Heaven comes forth as a spiritual Observatory, as it were, that<br \/>\ncommands widely-spanning and pervasive overview, as far as the different<br \/>\nshades of human experiencing on Earth are concerned! All the spiritually<br \/>\nlegitimate needs of man on earth, are taken up in resonance, for direct<br \/>\nguidance, when the genuine and honest longing of human creatures\u2026ring-a-<br \/>\nbell there! Fervent prayers on other diverse needs of man, also resonate<br \/>\ntowards the throne-of-GRACE!<\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the pre-conditions for a Marriage to be contracted in Heaven, is for<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>whoever (man or woman) longs and prays to contract such, to single-<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>mindedly work towards it in purity\u2026to earn the enabling grace! TO GIVE IS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>TO RECEIVE . This Grace is not a \u201chonorary conferment\u201d that simply falls on<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>one\u2019s laps! The only road that exists, to a marriage that is made in Heaven\u2026is<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>to consciously and consistently abide by the Laws of The Creative Will.<\/strong> So that<br \/>\nthe Heavens, can really have a \u201chand\u201d in the endeavour. \u201cMost importantly,<br \/>\na couple who would have had their marriage made in Heaven\u2026MUST<br \/>\nBE FITTINGLY COMPLEMENTARY, in their nature , predisposition and<br \/>\nbeing! This is a very fundamental pre-condition. It is only from such<br \/>\ncomplementary unions and bonding\u2026 that Harmony, the resounding-<br \/>\nHarmony, which immensely benefits the Whole-of-Creation, in diverse ways,<br \/>\ncan come from. The heavenly-functionaries, put in place by the Creative Will,<br \/>\nto gladly guide mankind, from the aforementioned spiritual \u201cObservatory\u201d<br \/>\n, can accurately identify those that carry complementing- qualities within\u2026and<br \/>\nif, and when, they long in purity, for marital experience, in the course of their<br \/>\nlives, they are faithful guided and led\u2026to literally meet each other! IT IS A<br \/>\nMOST DECISIVE HOUR AND MOMENT\u2026 And when this happens, the<br \/>\nHosts of Heaven, do rejoice exultantly!<\/p>\n<p>In a spiritually disconnected world, the aforementioned picture being<br \/>\nproffered here, will certainly be difficult to conceptualise, because of curious<br \/>\nbeliefs and notions, that people have firmly held, in their respective religions<br \/>\ncircles! BUT THIS DOES NOT ALTER IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE\u2026THE<br \/>\nPICTURE OF REAL LIFE , THAT IS , BEING PORTRAYED HERE!<br \/>\nWhat was ordained in the Outworkings of the Creative Will, is for human<br \/>\ncreatures (as split-species) on earth, in the course of their maturing<br \/>\ndevelopment, to strive for virtues and live such wholesomely pure lives\u2026that<br \/>\nthey can be faithfully led, by higher guidance, to contract marriages that are<br \/>\nfounded and made, in Heaven! Rightly understood, this gracious dispensation<br \/>\nof the ALMIGHTY CREATOR, confirms unmistakably who\u2026HE IS, IN HIS<br \/>\nUNAPPROACHABLE MIGHT, HIS OMNISCIENCE AND UNALTERABLE<br \/>\nGOODNESS.<br \/>\nWhen human creatures went defiantly prodigal, at a point in their maturing<br \/>\ndevelopment, the collateral damage that occurred concomitantly, was<br \/>\nunimaginably huge. The myriads of Blessings\u2026yet to be unearthed for<br \/>\nmankind, was justifiably held up, because the right-soil, for the anchorage of<br \/>\nsuch Blessings, had not been conditioned by erring mankind! One of such<br \/>\nwithheld blessings\u2026 is the experiencing on Earth\u2026of Marriages\u2026 made in<br \/>\nHeaven!<br \/>\nHarmony, it was revealed\u2026 is a very STRICT condition for Creation. The<br \/>\nwholesome setting of spiritually grounded Marriage, was ordained to provide<br \/>\nan anchorage for Harmony, which was ordained to be directly supportive of<br \/>\nlife, just like Oxygen is! Without oxygen, living entities cannot thrive and<br \/>\nsurvive on earth. Without sustained and abiding harmony, in the human<br \/>\ncommunity on earth, there would unavoidably come about\u2026 a sustained<br \/>\nimpoverishment of the human soul. This will make it impossible, to condition<br \/>\nan enabling ambience, for unimpeded growth, flowering and timely fruition of<br \/>\nthe innate virtues, that human creatures are supposed to engender, nurture<br \/>\nand foster! The consistent nurturing and fostering of those Virtues will<br \/>\ncondition the strengthening of the Humanity\u2026in Man,<br \/>\nMankind have made an odious failure of the institution of marriage, because<br \/>\nthey would not bring up the requisite spiritual qualities that are needed to<br \/>\nmake marriage a spiritually fulfilling experience, as has been the case, for a<br \/>\nvery long time now. At whose doorstep, should the blame for this failure be<br \/>\nlaid? Mankind\u2019s!<br \/>\nIn the wholesome Perfection, that will always attend the glorious outworkings<br \/>\nof the Creative Will, the Goodness and infinite Love of the Creator had put in<br \/>\nplace, before man ever became conscious of it\u2026EVERYTHING NEEDED TO<br \/>\nATTAIN TRUE HUMANITY! AND THUS PEACE! GOODWILL TO ALL<br \/>\nMEN, WILL ALSO NOT BE LACKING!<br \/>\nOlusola Faboya<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:solafaboya@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solafaboya@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\n+2348033969872 (whatsapp)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seemingly apt, but at the same time, a very instructive statement, that\u2026 \u201cMarriages are made in Heaven\u201d, is sometimes uttered and heard in the human society. And they come from intense and gravely challenging experiences, that people have gone through, most times very sour and bitter. 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