so I thought to best shed a good light on this and share the reliable source, I took extract from the book that I read called 'This Momentary Marriage' A parable of permanence by John Piper. John Piper is NOT a tarot reader (he probably would detest this site/blogs because Tarot is a abomination and un-Godly) John is a pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptish Church in Minneapolis USA, however I admire his written work, his views on marriage we must not overlook as it serves only a good life changing mindset that'll be good for us.
Staying Married is not mainly about staying in love...
"To forgive and to forbear - FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE"
"When you marry a person, you don't know what they are going to be like in thirty years. Our forefathers did not craft wedding vows with their heads in the sand. Their eyes were wide open to reality - 'to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for wors, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love to honor, and cherish, 'till death do us part, and hereto I plight thee my troth [I pledge you my faithfulness]." You don't know what this person will be like in the future. It could be better than you ever dreamed, or worse. Our hope is based on this: We are chosen, holy, and loved. God is for uds, and all things will work for the good of those who love him (Rom. 8:28; Ps 23:6; 84:11)." By John Piper.
"As you gave the ring to one another and have now received it a second time from the hand of the pastor, so love comes from you, but marriage from above, from God. As high as God is above man, so high are the sanctity, the rights, and the promise of love. It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love." by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters from prison 27-28.
Marriage is for God's glory...
"So in sum, the most foundational thing we can say about marriage is that it is God's doing. It's his doing:
a. because it was his design in creation:
b. because he personally gave away the first bride in marriage;
c. because he spoke the design of marriage into existence: leave parents, hold fast to your wife, become one flesh;
d. and because this one-flesh union is established by God himself in each marriage.
A glimpse into the magnificence of marriage comes from seeing in God's word that God himself is the great doer. Marriage is his doing. It is from him and through him. That is the most foundational thing we can say about marriage. Now we turn to the most ultimate thing we can syaay about marriage. It is not only from him and through him. It is also for him." By John Piper.
