More thanks and HUGS.
The movie The Princess Bride has a wedding scene in which the marrying minister says, Marriage . . . is what brings us together today.
Sometimes it is good to remind ourselves of the grand plan for marriage spelled out in Scripture.
Marriage creates one new family out of two: Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh . . . . Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife (Gen. 2:23-24).
It provides a pure outlet for a divinely designed desire: Because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband (1 Cor. 7:2).
It forms a mutually helpful team: The heart of her husband safely trusts her . . . . She does him good and not evil all the days of her life (Prov. 31:11-12).
Marriage Gods way brings a man and a woman together to honor Him and help society. Celebrate marriage for the ways it brings us together in Gods name.