Our Marriage Obsession

There’s been a lot of talk about marriage lately—from reality TV shows like The Bachelor and Couples Therapy, to posts gone viral like “Marriage Isn’t For You.” From the secular world to the Christian subculture, one thing is certain: we love to think about, to dream about and to talk about marriage, and we almost always have something to say.

But have you ever stepped back to wonder what is it with our marriage obsession? It’s a conversation that stirs our hope and touches our hearts in a deep way. It’s a topic that unites people from many different cultures, beliefs and perspectives. But why is it that we’re so quick to jump into the conversation about marriage—even though the realities of marriage seem to be cracking and fading all around us? When all the smoke and lights of opinions and ideas begin to fade away, we’re left with the jolting statistics that reveal to us that it’s far easier to “like” a good marriage article than it is to actually live out a good marriage.