We must be committed to our marriages. We must see each other as fellow companions, that we are traveling together to heaven, and that we have entered into a covenant and oath with each other unto death. We made a vow before God when we married. And that vow is not spoken lightly. We sign a marriage contract or a license because we realize that there will be periods of conflict and boredom and monotony.
Marriage is a room in which there is no exit except the door that is marked Death.
For better or worse, till death us do part. We bind ourselves before God in an unconditional covenant witnessed by God. Looking into the future on our wedding day, and with the Word of God opened before us, and with rings of pledge upon our fingers, we vow that no matter what comes in that future we will be faithful to love each other. And we do that not in ourselves, but in God, looking to God who is great in faithfulness and whose mercies we Every struggle from that moment on can be used to create separation, as an excuse to draw back from each other. But God intends that those very struggles be the material He uses to create intimacy in our marriage, to create a blessing beyond our ability to understand on our wedding day.