The Serious-ness of Marriage

This quote is from a book called: "Nightlight: a Devotional for Couples" by James (Jr.) and Shirely Dobson . It pertains to how people should look at marriage. Read it and store it into your heart. It is written by James Dobson, Sr. This is what he told his fiance' after she agreed to be his wife:


"I want you to understand and be fully aware of my feelings concerning the marriage convenant we are about to enter. I have been taught at my mother's kneww, in harmony with the Word of God, that the marriage vows are inviolable, and be entering into them I am binding myself absolutely and for life. The idea of estrangement from you through divorce for any reason at all [although God allows one~~infidelity] will never at any time be permitted to enter into my thinking. I'm not naive in this. On the contrary, I'm fully aware of the possibility, unlikely as it now appears, that mutual incompatibility or other unforeseen circumstances could result in extreme mental suffering. If such becomes the case, I am resolved for my part to accept it as a consequence of the commitment I am now making and to bear it, if necessary, to the end of our lives together. I have loved you dealy as a sweetheart and will continue to love you as my wife. But over and above that, I love you with a Christian love that demands that I never react in any way toward you that would jeopardize our prospects of entering heaven, which is the supreme objective of both our lives. And I pray that God Himself will make our affection for one another perfect and eternal."