'But once that honeymoon period is over, it is all too easy to start taking each other for granted.
If we have the gift, Paul says to skip the ceremony, literally, and enjoy “your undivided devotion to the Lord.” So this relatively new demographic of not-yet-married men and women in their mid-to-late twenties has the real potential to be a potent vehicle for the worship of God and the spread of his gospel.
This potential means we don’t necessarily need to sound an alarm as our young people get married later and later.
They are individuals, who you married, for better or worse, who succumbed to rampant temptations (not excusing them).
Second, it’s a mistake to take their actions as indictments about yourself.
No honesty More than half of those polled said their partner was no longer the 'affectionate and giving' person they were when they first started dating.
Three quarters of couples don't have anywhere near as much sex now as they did when they started dating.Recently, they reached the ages of 29.0 for men and 26.6 for women.Now, singleness itself, for the Christian, is not necessarily something to be lamented.I get asked a lot of relationship-themed questions given where I work, and one of them is from women with boyfriends who want to know how long to wait for the ring.These aren’t women who have been dating for two months, but rather women who are in long-term relationships.They have seemingly great mates who have jobs and call their moms and open doors to restaurants- but haven’t yet popped the question.