A wedding is a noun that celebrates a moment of romantic expectations. A marriage is a verb that chooses daily to share life’s blessings and difficulties with another person. All too often a wedding does not translate to a healthy marriage. Forty to fifty percent of all first marriages in The U.S. end in divorce. For second marriages the percentage jumps to 60-65%. Fairy tales, popular music, and romantic movies lead us to believe that another person can make us secure, happy, valuable and significant. What a heavy burden and unrealistic expectation to believe that another person can save us from ourselves and give us what only Christ can give! 

In this episode, Jamie talks with marriage pastor, Michael Campbell, about the treasures and pitfalls of marriage and the importance of being independently mature enough in Christ to be maturely dependent on another person.