It costs our privacy, our self-centered scheduling, our individualistic economics, and our scheming to be in control. Give The Gift Of Self To Your Marriage. After almost 30 years of marriage there aren't too many wedding day gifts that have survived. All of the silver rimmed glasses got dropped and broken during the course of three pregnancies. And any bathroom towels that remain are now used in the basement workshop.
Material gifts are like that.
They have limited value and they last temporarily. During the wedding ceremony I tell couples that they will not be happy in marriage unless they continue to give themselves to God and to each other. The observation has been made. Honor your spouse and your marriage by walking the talk. Hold marriage in honor, as something to be esteemed, as a precious relationship, as of great worth.