Marriage.

That's what is going on all over now a days. A lot of people hearts are "broken" and what do they do about it? Nothing. Instead of fighting for their marriage they give up! People give up so easily. When we marry some one and say our vows we are pledging our life to another. We are saying I want to spend the rest of my life with you. We are saying through good and bad, ups and downs, money or no money, illness or health, that we will stay with them till the end! We aren't saying "if you say something I don't like I'm going to leave you".
I've been married for 11 years. Not all of it was pretty, I even feel into the divorce mind trap. "If you don't act like this I'll divorce you" or "if you don't treat me like this I'll divorce you".  


One thing that I believe we should all keep in the forefront of our mind:
1 Corinthians 13:4-13

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

 ⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. ¹² Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

 ¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

These verses talk about what love means. It seems that so many people now days are so full of anger and selfishness. If only people would understand how much better their marriage could be if they actually worked at it, instead of giving up after the first time of trouble. God wants us to love one another. He wants us to honor our vows to each other. Marriage isn't just some phase that people go through. It's a life long commitment to each other. It's putting someone elses needs before yours. It's loving them unconditionally. There should never be conditions to your love. It's trusting your spouse and cherishing them.

I pray that our daughter learns to value marriage. I pray that she learns to cherish her husband. I pray that she learns to stand by her man through thick and thin. I pray that our marriage is a good example to our daughter. I pray that her marriage will be full of love for God and for each other.