All relationships naturally begin to drift if they are not cultivated and cared for. It is well worth your effort to maintain a healthy and loving marriage. A healthy marriage brings glory to God as well as provide practical benefits.
The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better off Financially by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher. Here are just a few of the many findings from the research: (probe.org)
• Married people are much happier and likely to be less unhappy than any other group of people.
• Married people live up to eight years longer than divorced or never-married people.
• Married people suffer less from long-term illnesses than those who are unmarried.
• Married people are less likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse.
If we were always in the newlywed phase we would be ok. But since we are not always in the newlywed phase, I guess we do need to work on it hey? A constant process. Filling the love tank as Gary Chapman says.
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