Marriage: a Promise, a Pledge of Love, of Loyalty, and Faithfulness

 

"The Christian worldview contends that the healthiest, most meaningful, most satisfying, and most pleasurable sexual experience is found between a man and a woman in a covenant relationship called marriage. 

A covenant is a promise--a pledge of love, loyalty, and faithfulness. 

A covenant involves continuity--the sense of a common future--to look forward to and a history to look back on together. 

A covenant means belonging--a commitment to a rich and growing relationship of love and care."

Richard E. Simmons III, Reflections on the Existence of God, pg. 122