MARRIAGE IS FOREVER

We've become a society that views marriage as disposable. We've traded 'til death do us part' for 'as long as we both shall love', or even 'til something better comes along'. Though love is essential, marriage is about so much more. It is about support, someone to share the good times with, and someone to lean on, or be the shoulder for, during the tough times. Marriage is a sacred vow made between two people to be each others best friend, as long as they are both living. When did it become acceptable to break such a vow?

There will always be exceptions where one or both partners break the vows they have made. For example, cases of abuse, infidelity, addiction, etc... Those are, of course, legitimate reasons for seeking a divorce. I doubt that there are very many people who go into a marriage thinking that they can always get divorced if things don't work out. If that was their attitude they'd not bother to get married at all. Perhaps if it wasn't so easy to get a divorce, more thought would be given before a marriage took place. For myself, I wouldn't want to marry someone if I wasn't fairly sure that they were as committed to the marriage as they were to their own life. There is much in life that is risky. Stepping on a plane is a risk, succeeding in a particular vocation is a risk.

In marriage we face the the risk of surrender as we give our life into the hands of each other. The more we trust in that relationship, the more we are willing to risk. As we come more dependent on one another, we love more, and our love bears more fruit. It has been said that there are no guarantees in the risky business of loving one another, but the love is never wasted. Such love comes from the risk we take when we commit ourselves to one another in the covenant of marriage. Here is a site that i found online, it's really worth reading about marriage.