The Most Important Thing in Marriage!

Tuesday, August 13 Then We Met Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4 Recommended Reading 1 John 1:1-9 "My wife and I were happy for twenty years," said comedian Rodney Dangerfield, "then we met." It doesn't have to be that way, of course. A quality marriage depends on a consistent walk with the Lord. Before we're married our top priority should be our relationship with Him. After marriage, it's the same. If we walk in the light, we'll have fellowship with one another (1 John 1:7). Our relationship with our spouse will be as strong as our intimacy with the Savior. Hebrews 13:4 sums this up by giving us two rules for a thriving marriage: priority and purity. Marriage is honorable, so we should give it priority, working on it and patiently building a friendship around our romance. It also deserves purity as we avoid all hints of immoral behavior and diligently guard against anything or anyone drawing our hearts away from our vows. Walk with the Master, work on the marriage, keep Christ first in your life, and you can be happy all the years the Lord gives you on earth. It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Fulton J. Sheen