What makes a good marriage? One can go to many conferences on marriage and come away with many different ideas as to how to make it successful. What should be the source or sources to make a determination. I fear we make it too complicated.
We hear all the time that “you have to work on your marriage”, “ marriage isn’t easy”, “you have to keep it fresh”, etc. doesn’t that sound a lot like checking boxes and if you check enough you will have success?
I’m going to contend that “Marriage “ is a relationship not a task to be done.
Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
1 Peter 3:7 (DBY)
Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, as with a weaker, even the female, vessel, giving them honor, as also fellow-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
This appears to be relationship not work
Your actions should come because of your relationship not out of duty.
Do you really think that GOD is treating us, his bride, as a duty that HE has to work at?
It is more the case that HE does for us because of HIS relationship with us.
Should we not follow that same model of relationship over checking off boxes; work?
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