When a wife helps build the dream: Celebrating Apostle Mrs. Rita Korankye Ankrah at 40 years of marriage
The article reflects on the biblical story of Adam blaming Eve and God after the Fall, and then discusses the idea that marriages are made in heaven but consummated on earth. It celebrates the 40th wedding anniversary of Apostle Mrs. Rita Korankye Ankrah and her husband, highlighting the divine role in bringing couples together.
Adam's words at the "First Trial" after The Fall in the Garden of Eden - "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree,..." - sought to shift blame onto God, through Eve, for their sin of disobedience, having fallen to the wiles of Satan. God must have been rather hurt. But, through a well-known idiom: "Marriages are made in Heaven and consummated on earth" (quoted in John Lyly's 1580 book, "Euphues and His England") - the Almighty still plays a significant role in how couples come together.
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