Marriage is a mutual commitment to lay down your life for the other person. This is what makes marriage both terrifying and fun. It can be scary to trust. For both men and women, when you marry someone, you surrender so much control in that moment. This other person could devastate you financially, ruin you socially, and cause deep emotional wounds. Your spouse could hold you back and hurt you tremendously. Or, your spouse could be the best thing that ever happened to you. When each person enters the relationship as we have outlined above—with a resolve to serve and trust the other—marriage
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