groom taking brides last name

[CookieRaider]

You are right, my sincere apologies to the poster
of this thread. I know one of the rules of this forum
is to not go off topic. I should have known when
to just let go.

On another note, your post about Jesus is a good point.
Didn't think about that one. Silly me, I was thinking
Jesus....Christ. My mind processed Christ as the last
name.

You show great humility danni. It is a hard fruit to grow. As my mom used to say, don't beat yourself up into a pulp before God can fully cultivate you and make you produce the most fruit in your life.
You thinking Christ was His last name made me laugh, in a good way I mean. Silly you. :wink:

 

[Donnie Ducati]

I don't think I quite got my point across. I would not be changing my name out of spite. I would be changing my name becasue i am not concerned about it. My last name being Kennedy, there are a lot more Kennedys out there. But the whole "it was my fathers name, and his fathers name, and so on and so on" thing, just doesn't mean anything to me. I truly wish my father the best, but having a relationship with him is pointless to say the least. I have tried for many many years. If my bride wanted to take my name, i'd be fine with that too.

This was his last post...back in September...guess he didn't like the answers/replies. :shock:

 

[eddieb]

i think in one of the corinthian letters it says the woman came from the man. which is true the part of adams side. so i would think tradition would say the woman takes the mans name. but i can find nowhere in the law (which was fufilled by being nailed to a cross)that it must be so or you will be accursed. I doubt it matters to God. i even have a scripture to back this up.
rev. 2:17 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except him who receives it.
you are gonna get a new name. the one you have now is gonna pass away. and did people have last names way way back? like in OT days? like i said earlier the taking of a name is a tradition of man, which holds no weight with God. I think this thread has gotten a little like the jews back when they had those lists of rules. and on the sabbath day you could only take so many steps. If you are free, well then.

 

[dannibear]

rev. 2:17 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except him who receives it.

Thank you! Looking for that everywhere!
My concordance didn't reference it, and
google didn't help either surprisingly. Never
thought to look in revelations. Doh! :whistle:

 

[N8VFlower]

i can understand why you feel that way. when i got remarried a few months ago, my son wanted to change his last name to my husband's. i won't go into details about it, but my ex has really hurt my son, i teach him that he is still your father, and it is best to forgive him and talk to me, my husband, and esp God when it bothers him. anyway, i would love to change it, and will if i can. at the same time, don't hate your last name just because of your father's choices in life. be the one that makes your future wife honored to have your last name and a godly man.
i don't know really if it matters who takes what name, i think what would matter most is the love between you and your future wife and putting God in the center of it.

 

[B-A-C]

God didn't make any of us by mistake.
None of us were born at the wrong time in the wrong place.
We were born exactly how God wanted us to be, where he wanted us to be, when he wanted us to be.

Jeremiah 1:5 says God knew us before we were born, while we were in our mother's womb.

Psa 139:13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Psa 139:14 Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

God made us the way we are for a purpose, even those who are mentally retarded or handicapped, or otherwise physically disabled. (Trust me I was VERY close to a young woman who was mentally/physically handicapped, I was actually engaged to her mother at one time)
God made you male or female for a purpose, he didn't make a mistake.
I've always felt like those who have sex changes, or plastic surgery, or breast implants are saying in a way "God made a mistake". I can do better than he did.

He made the hierarchy of marriage for a reason, he made women to be the wives of husbands for a reason, he made men masculine, and women feminine. There are so many people out there trying to change this. I say.. be the man, take your wife. Put your name upon her, show her you are proud of her and want to support her. Show the world you want to cherish her, provide for and protect her.

God didn't make a mistake giving you that name. There may be things about it you don't like but it's not a mistake.