by Cynthia Stodolka

Created on: June 21, 2010   Last Updated: June 22, 2010

Interfaith marriages have just as much of a chance of being a successful union as any other type of marriage.

Faith is just a small piece of the whole scenario that brings two people together to form a timeless eternal bond.

Marriage is two individuals with many points of light that interlock with each other to form a glowing orb of fire.

Faith is a personal sacred agenda that is between the believer and his chosen higher power or what the believer's definition of what his faith is.

When two people enter into the bond of marriage many facets of individuality are component's that make up the whole.

Respect for each other, lust and/or chemistry, or physical attraction, affection, acceptance, compatibility, similar values and goals, ideal's, ability to communicate.love each other,is what marriage is defined as.

Two people being of  a different faith is just a difference like one person having blue eyes and the other one having brown eyes. With the right components a successful loving eternal bond can be conceived.

Communication between the couple can help the couple discuss what their faith is and how it differs from their partner's personal belief.

Differences can be worked out by understanding, respecting, compromising, researching, and possibly even counseling to better the life of two people of different faith's entering into a marital bond.

Faith is a component it should be seen as something that makes the marriage even more successful an asset so to speak

Faith is something that makes a person good inside and one who cares about how they function in the world, morally

This asset can only make two people who become as one, through marriage stronger and more able to overcome the brutality and conflicts that sometimes seep into a relationship.

Friends and family of the couple should not use their opinions to repress the couple's union based on the fact that the couple has their own personal belief. They should strive to do no harm.

Marriage is a conception of two individual souls coming together to form one union of deep love for one another.

It is not one person changing who they are to conform to the other person's standards.

Faith is not a key to a failed marriage.

Interfaith marraige is part of the cycle of life. Through all things good interfaith marriage can shine just like any other marriage. Love is the key to a timeless eternal bond. It just takes understanding and a willingness to make it happen.

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