Keys to a Successful Marriage Part 1

We were given some notes on the first day of MPC.
I guess these keys can be found on different books or websites,
similiar foundations, just worded differently.

From the bible, Psalm 127:1 has this to say:
" Unless the Lord builds the house,
its builders labor in vain."

Key 1:
COMMITMENT

In order for a marriage to work,
BOTH parties MUST be committed.
Divorce rates are rising at an incredibly high rate,
especially in our generation.
Are we getting less committed,
or are we getting more afraid to commit ourselves?

Divorce should not be an option.
Divorce must not be an option.
As our counsellors put it,
divorce must never exists in our minds after marriage.
If we were to think of divorcing even before that,
why get married in the first place?

But then again,
there are of course situations where there is abuse and infidelity,
which cannot, and should not be tolerated.
If discernment is used in Key 2,
this type of abuse will not be found at all.

Not only we must commit to make our marriage work,
we must also commit to build, respect, encourage, support, console
and counsel each other,
so that we may grow and mature in body, mind and spirit.