Marriage is all about fighting.
We must fight for our marriage in a world that undermines it at every turn. In preparation for our own wedding, we received an RSVP that said, "We will not be able to attend because Victor [name changed] left me." When you're preparing for a lifetime commitment, you don't want to hear about those who have abandoned that commitment!
A successful marriage involves other kinds of fighting, too. We must fight against selfishness, and give. We must fight against bitterness, and forgive. We must fight against a million televised temptations, some geared toward men and some toward women, that would encourage us to find romance by forsaking fidelity.
Of course, singles need to fight also. In preparation for marriage, faithfulness and purity must be cultivated - and it's more difficult now than ever.
There is only One who is exempt from the fight. God declares to us, "I will never leave you or forsake you." This phrase is used not just once in the Bible, but several times throughout the Old and New Testament. Joshua 1 and Hebrews 13 are two examples. To friends who have experienced divorce or other pains of unfaithfulness, please be encouraged by this: God is utterly faithful by nature.
The rest of us have to fight. Not with our spouse, but for our spouse!
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