Discovering YOU Magazine March 2025 Issue | Page 32

BEFORE YOU SAY "I DO"

Finding Your Destiny

in Marriage

Article by Dr. Tunishai Ford

I was engaged in a conversation with my best friend and the subject of marriage came up. I began to share with her the importance of marrying someone you not only love but can also help you fulfill your destiny. Now I am not trying to be super spiritual, but I truly believe that there is more to marriage than just having someone to fulfill your material and sexual needs or maybe provide emotional validation for you. I truly believe that there is someone who is designed to fulfill every aspect of you, especially fulfilling your God-assigned destiny and purpose.

" In fact, to prove my point, Coretta was a very young woman when Martin Luther King Jr. died, and she never remarried. His cause was carried

on by her ...."

When I reflect on Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr., in the interim, who could have been better suited for them than each other. In fact, to prove my point, Coretta was a very young woman when Martin Luther King Jr. died, and she never remarried. His cause was carried on by her because she understood that there was a destiny to be fulfilled. She carried the baton and ran with it to the finish line, and because of their vision, we elected a Black man as the President of