By Dr James Dobson
Have you heard the one about the wedding ceremony where the minister said: "Do you take this woman for better or for worse? For richer or for poorer? In sickness and in health?" And the groom replied: "Yes, no, yes, no, no, yes."
Of course we'd all like to sign up for the better parts when we get married and forget all that other stuff but that's not the way marriage works because that's not the way life works.
Many young people go into marriage today with one eye on the exit door. They intend to stay together as long as it seems advantageous to do so. But in most of these unfortunate cases, a painful divorce is just a matter of time. Because trouble in life is inevitable and the uncommitted marital relationship can be victimised when hard times inevitably descend upon it.
But the good news is that a strong marriage can be a fortress against the stresses of life. The key to a lifelong relationship then, in good times and bad, is an ironclad commitment of the will.
From TODAY, Voices – Thursday, 03-Sep-2009
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