I read today in a muslim blog that marriage does have the benefits of transformation & intimacy but at its core it's a deal, business partnership and contractual agreement.  However, Ephesians 5:25 says, "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it".  This shouts to us that our marriages are based on Christ's love for us.  His love for us is not a business deal or a contract.  Nothing can separate us from His love.  It's deep, it's wide, it's fierce, it's strong, it's sweet, it's wild, it covers and awakens the heart to life.  Let the same be said of our marriages today.  Let it be said that we love one another as Christ loves the Church (His Bride).  Let it be said that nothing can separate or brake the Marriages of the Kingdom that are founded on so great a love.