Message: “I Will Decide that Marriage is for Life” from Brady Cook

A message from the series “Decide! (Hillside Theme – 2024).” The word of the year for Hillside is “Decide,” and few things are more necessary for us to decide on than that marriage is for life.

A lot of people have an “emotionally-based” relationship, where how they “feel” about things dictates how that relationship will go. I have absolutely nothing against emotion in a marriage (it should definitely be there), but I don’t think it should be the sole driving determinant in a marriage either.

Why? Because when our emotions change, we’ll look for something that gives us that same *spark* we once had. Which is a recipe for disaster.

When we decide that marriage is for life, however, a few things change. For the better.