What is God's purpose for marriage? Is it for procreation? Is it for sex? Is it for companionship? Is it to pass down the faith? Or, is it to make you happy?

Here's a secret that is a key to understanding marriage. The purpose of marriage is not to make you happy. It is to make you holy. Marriage is a means by which God shapes our character, making us more like Him.

Marriage is intended to rub off the rough edges. When he does something you don't like and you handle it as Christ would, you grow in character. And you will go around that mountain and face that test until you pass it. But when you do, you grow in character.

Marriage is intended for bliss on earth. And you will experience it when you start giving. But that's not its purpose. The scripture says that when a husband loves his wife in a Christlike manner he will make her holy!

Marriage wasn't created to make you happy. It was created to make you holy.