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Mashudu Mambo
ELISHA Mungure (61) and Rosemary Kambasiya (60) from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo are a testament that a good foundation in a marriage leads to a successful marriage.
The couple has been married for 36 years and they are blessed with four children and two grandchildren. Mungure met his wife in Harare while they were attending the Tafara Church of the Nazarene.
“I met my wife in 1983 in church and we fellowshipped together, it was in 1985 when I proposed to her and we started dating. I did this after some research and prayers. l realised that she was the ideal partner and we got married on 3 December 1988. We later moved to Bulawayo when l got a job as a teacher at Northlea High School,” he said.
Mungure stated that their relationship has been sustained by their firm foundation in Christ.
“In our three years of dating, we ensured that we abstained from sex and this is because of our fear of God. Our relationship has been sustained by our firm foundation in Christ, the fear of God, companionship and investing in our relationship. We have invested our time, finances, attending counselling sessions, couples’ sessions, and above all we are prayer partners and friends,” he said.
Mungure highlighted that a number of marriages were destroyed by unhealthy habits that couples develop during courtship.
“A number of relationships fail and this is because of unGodly habits that couples develop in courtship. These habits of multiple partners, and impurity have led to a number of divorces. A number of people are building their marriages on the wrong foundations and this has made it impossible for their marriages to last. I believe that if you live right, fear God and allow God to be the foundation of your marriage, it will go a long way in ensuring that the marriage lasts,” he said.
Kambasiya said she knew that her husband was her rightful partner when she realised that he possessed the traits that she had been praying for.
“As a youth, I was always praying for my marriage, I prayed for a partner that was not a drunkard and I wanted a God-fearing man. I also prayed for a sign from God and this sign was of a heartbeat when the right man proposes. When my husband proposed, l got this heartbeat and it was at that point that I knew that he was the right partner that l had prayed for. This was further confirmed by the peace that I had after making this decision,” she said.
She stated that the secret to their long-lasting marriage is companionship and friendship.
“My husband is my prayer partner and this started even in our days of courting and as a couple, we do everything together, there are no secrets in our relationship and we communicate about everything,” she said.
She highlighted that peer pressure has led to failures in relationships as a number of people get married for the wrong reasons.
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