Teresa even met most of my criteria. I always had as great a level of intimacy with her as any two people can have. But I learned that marriage was not the cure for loneliness. I came to this conclusion after three years of marriage, about the time that infatuation wears off and true love needs to take over. I now know the distinction of Christian love the world's view of love which will ultimately fail.
Most divorces take place after three to five years of marriage.
We might have been part of that statistic if God had not intervened turning me to Christ. Looking back on it, I now realize I needed to be brought to this point in my life before I'd be receptive to the good news about Jesus Christ. I needed to discover first hand that marriage wasn't the cure for my loneliness. I realized my need for Christ and yielded myself to Him as I discussed Bible prophecy with Teresa before dinner one evening. I didn't even acknowledge it at the time because I was embarrassed about maintaining a ruse that I was already a Christian.