http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1908243-4,00.html
Twice a week I open a gym that I work part time for and in my bosses office she always has a copy of Time Magazine. I like to flip through it and look at the photos of course. I love Time because they are so simple in their design. ANYWAY as I glanced at the cover of the July issue I saw a wedding cake with the topper of the bride and groom sinking into the cake. I laughed and thought that was clever and the title said "IS THERE HOPE FOR THE AMERICAN MARRIAGE?"
I couldn't help but stop and quickly find the article. All that was said is profoundly true.
Let me back track a bit.
For the past six months or so I have heard of more than "several" relationships that have fallen apart. Marriages that are crumbling and kids that are hurting. Fathers that have multiple families and living double lives. This hurts me so much. I am a christian single woman that would love to get married to a man that is in love with God and with me. I have seen even "christian" men fail but knowing a man has convictions and boundaries brings a relief to me. But anyway. I struggled with a question after I heard about all these failed relationships, "do people fall out of love?" I couldn't help but feel overly cautious about getting into a relationship. Why are people so unfaithful? What causes people to leave a family and union that at one point was so special? I pray for my heart daily and don't want to be cynical about love but after seeing the cover of Time this morning I thought "only God can ordain and keep a marriage... including my own." I always said God was the author of such a thing as marriage. Now I know that although God wills the best for his children we need to understand that marriage is not a trial and error but it is forever.
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