[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by Willow

........And although we both have had a day or two when we were so frustrated that we thought we wanted to call it quits, we look at our children and we realize they deserve better than that. They were created in love, not out of the raging hormones from a one night stand, but a love in the bonds of marraige, and that love is worth working for, fighting for, and living for.

Amen!! Willow, my heart goes out to you. It's wonderful that even though you had such a rough childhood, you learned from it and are so determined to be the wife and mother that you should. I have the deepest, most sincere respect for you.

God's plan from the very beginning was for one man to marry one woman. The man is to love his wife as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her (Ephesians 5:25). This is a command, not a choice. Women have their instruction as well. God's Word, the Bible, if full of admonission to love each other, be faithful to each other. If people would live by God's plan life would be so much easier. All you have to do is look around you to see that man's plan does not work like God's plan. It's amazing that more people just don't get it.