I think you will like this quote, "There would be fewer divorces if the husband tried as hard to keep his wife as he did to get her."

My wife and I have been married for almost 20 years, I can honestly say that my love grows deeper for her each and every day. I would not be in the ministry without God and her. As I write this she is in Connecticut with some other pastors wives until tonight. I miss her, isn't that how a marriage should be. We should miss our spouses when they are away for a couple of days or any length of time. I love my wife and I am not ashamed to say or write that.

As we continue with quotations, verses and other devotions that can help our marriages. A pastor friend brought this out in a message recently. In the introduction he puts this in there, the goal of marriage, according to the bible is completeness, oneness and unity. The verses you can check out are Ephesians 5:25,28,31. "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. vs.31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."

I see in the ministry these last 13 years, when it comes to marriage,a disturbing number of people who are very selfish in their marriage. Everything is how can they be happy and never think about there spouse.  We live in a very selfish world.  In reality, a marriage should be using the word "we" not always the word "I". I found this quote which I think you will like, "In the word wedding, the we comes before the I"