Should Widows or Widowers Remarry?

Slide #1: Statistics say 80% of all men who are widowed remarry.

Slide #2: Statistics also say 25% of widows remarry.

Slide #3: Before remarrying widows/widowers should consider these realities.

Slide #4: The natural parent or grandparent will want to spend significant time with children or grandchildren.

Slide #5: The new parent will be judged by the standards of the deceased parent.

Slide #6: The new spouse marries more for the companionship than the other person's children or grandchilren.

Slide #7: The new marriage will never be just like the former marriage.

Slide #8: All the complexities of a blended family will be the daily reality.

Slide #9: "I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man (or unmarried woman) is concerned about the Lord's affairs...I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you.." 1 Corinthians 7:32;34