Three Ingredients of Marriage

The Happily Ever After Mindset is self-indulgent and foolish. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone falls, and everyone stumbles. It is important that when we go into a marriage we understand this.

There are three ingredients to marriage: faith, hope, and love. The greatest of the three ingredients is love.

Love: To love someone is to trust them. Just like you have faith in God, faith that God loves you and faith that God will forgive you, you need to forgive your partner.

Hope: If you do not have hope it is like a plant that withers and dies. There are only two states of being in the universe: growing and dying. Nothing ever stays the same – because of this you need hope. You need a goal(s).

Faith: At times when you feel lost, if you have faith you will persevere. With faith you will develop hope. When you have faith and hope and are able to trust. When you are able to trust you also will be able to love.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5: 3-10).