If left unchecked, it can take them from love's first embrace to the point where love is totally destroyed with the marriage probably ending in divorce and always ending in pain. But, there's hope for the troubled marriage. Since the cycle is predictable, if the steps are understood, the courageous couple can work to stop the cycle, arrest the destructive spiral and literally save their marriage. However, more than just keeping their marriage afloat, by understanding the steps that brought them there, they can reverse the process and breath new life into their marriage. Before long, tempers flare, stomachs ache, hearts break.
Hurried decisions become bad decisions.
And bad decisions make people hurt. And our hurt makes us irritable, discouraged and very difficult to live with. Some have just flat been beat by life facing issues like financial pressures, loss, health problems and demanding work schedules. Since the Genesis account of Adam and Eve, I believe the evil one has had the guns of hell aimed at the intimate bond of marriage. He is the great confuser and the ultimate liar.