Knowing when you are ready to take the next step in your relationship and prepare for marriage doesn’t have to be a guessing game. You can do some assessing to help you feel confident in your decision to move forward into marriage.

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You have the right person for you

Before getting ready to wed with the right person, you need to know whether you’re ready to get married regardless of finding the right person. You have to know that you’re ready to welcome someone into a life together. In other words, you have to first be ok with yourself before you consider moving into life together because if you don’t those same issues that you are facing will be compounded in your marriage.

But finding the right person to encourage you spiritually, mentally, psychologically, and emotionally will be tremendously helpful to ensure that you have success in your marriage.

You got input and advice

One of the most important things that you can do is get pre-marital counseling from a pastor who will help you through this journey. Someone who knows what questions to ask and how much space to give when making this important decision is invaluable. But don’t just stop with your pastor to gain insight into your relationship. And yes, it’s alright to gain insight through our pre-marital counseling and throughout your marriage.

Also, gain insight from your friends and those who know you well both individually and as a couple. Get as much input as possible about what others see ahead for you and your lives together. This will help to eliminate questions and give you the frame of mind to support one another rather than have unknowns to handle.

You are on one accord

As you may know, this blog focuses on preparing for marriage in the Christian faith. In that context, one of the passages that we look to for guidance when entering dating and relationships is 2 Corinthians 6:14 which includes text related to being unequally yoked with unbelievers. What we can learn from this passage is that God intends for us to be joined in faith with our spouse whether we are or not. The passage goes on to include text with instructions about whether your spouse is a believer at the time you are married or not and what to do or not do. We can gather from this that if a person is a believer and they are planning to be married and have the opportunity to marry a believer that they should.

When a couple is joined together in faith in God, it offers another mutual level of support and understanding in the marriage that extends to things like how they will spend time socially and how the marriage will flow financially, mentally, and emotionally as well.