Keller says, “Wedding vows are not a declaration of present love but a mutually binding promise of future love.”8 Marriage is mainly a love declared, not a love discovered. Have you thought about your wedding day that way? The promises you will make before God, and before all your friends and family, have almost nothing to do with what you experienced and enjoyed in your dating relationship, and everything to do with the uncertain and uncontrollable months and years ahead. You’re not standing there together to say, “I really do love you,” but to say instead, “I really will love you”—whatever
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