Nine Reasons Why Modern Marriage isn’t Working

5. We build marriage on our FEELINGS instead of our COMMITMENT.

There’s nothing wrong with “feelings.” They’re an important part of life, but they were never intended to be our compass or our foundation, because feelings are fickle. Marriage is far too important to be based on feelings. Instead, we need to build marriage upon our commitments even on those days when we’re not feeling it. Our modern world worships feelings and is quick to quit on a marriage the moment the feelings change, but the strongest couples have learned that marriage requires choosing to love each other even on those days when you struggle to like each other.

#6 might surprise you, but take a minute to consider what it really means...