I have really been thinking about a blog that Michele Cheplic wrote a week ago, “Adding Insult to Injury.” It’s a sad story about a woman who gave birth to triplets but due to a medical error, suffered brain damage. She ended up being paralyzed and unable to speak or see.
The “insult” that has been added to her injury is that her husband divorced her shortly after she gave birth to the children and was now refusing to allow the children to visit her. All I could think about was, “What ever happened to marriage vows?”
Whatever happened to “in sickness and in health”?
Marriage vows are many times taken very lightly. They have become nothing more than a rote declaration that is made. I don’t think many couples take the time to really think about the impact of that statement and what it could mean in the future.
It is easy to say on your wedding day that you will be there for your spouse no matter what. Life is good and everything looks bright. But every marriage comes with its own set of struggles and you just never know what will be thrown at you.
Marriage has become such a callous affair, almost like an afterthought. Many young people go into it thinking that if it doesn’t work; they can always get a divorce. At one time the idea of a divorce was very taboo. Today it has become just a common way to take care of a “problem.”
I would like to think that when life throws you lemons, as a couple you would learn how to make lemonade. This isn’t a solo ride. This is a partnership meant to be taken seriously and to be infused with loyalty and dedication.
I know that no matter what, I would be there for my husband because my vows were a declaration before God and others that nothing life brings could ever cause me to turn my back…I will be there for him, in sickness and in health.
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