Related commentaries – Marriage

Abraham Seeks a Wife for Isaac in Israel – Genesis 24:1 – 24:9

Approving Who Our Children Will Marry

As soon as our children were born we began to pray that the Lord would guide them to their future mate and protect them from marrying the wrong person. As they began to grow and mature we continued to pray for the person they were to have as a life partner and that the Lord would keep them pure. We prayed that the Lord would protect them from good people until they met the perfect one for them. We always told them we wanted veto power when they found someone they were interested in. Our children were always very good about keeping us informed as they meet different people who they had a special interest in and wanted us to meet them early on in their relationship. With each of our children there were those that my wife and I did not recommend before they introduced us to the one we did fully approve of and they ended up marrying. We are so happy for the wonderful mates the Lord gave to each of our Children. (Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author).