Just before you consider a divorce...please read

This article isn't just for those considering marriage. It's for everyone married or unmarried. It gives you reasons why you should try and make your marriage work.
 

1. Remember that divorce is still the exception, not the norm.
 
Most marriages make it. Even that statistic we have all heard that "50% of marriages end in divorce" isn't true. In spite of what you see on TV, most marriages make it. Yours can, too.

2. Remember that marriage is going to be difficult at times.

Marriage IS work. Nobody stumbles into a great marriage. It always requires tireless effort and limitless sacrifice. As hopeless as your marriage might be right now, you can probably work to change things for the better. There is no such thing as a soul mate (a partner with whom marriage is easy), so don't kid yourself into thinking that the next one will be better. It won't be.

3. Remember your kids. 

Divorce will likely leave in its wake some devastated children who will be affected for life. Here's a reminder: the minute you had kids, you were accepting a new reality that your life is about far more than you. Your kids are counting on you.

4. Remember to do life with people who have a high opinion of marriage.

Hang out with people who honor marriage and all it represents. I'm talking about people who have a reverent awe of marriage as one of God's most cherished creations. (Because it is.)

5. Remember that things can get better.

"Irreconcilable differences" are two words mostly quoted for almost every divorce.  Couples have plenty of differences but they can choose to plow around them. And infidelity? Obviously, if there has been habitual infidelity or abuse, even God gives you the green light to move on. But that should never be your first response. Even something as awful as infidelity can be overcome if a person is willing to change.

Culled: Charisma

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