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Soccer is a popular sport in our home, and at one time or another—and often simultaneously—all four of our children have played the game.
They have been on winning teams and losing teams, and the difference was not always due to skill level or natural talent. Players on successful teams worked together with a collective sense of mission; they supported one another, covered for one another’s weak spots, and encouraged everyone to do his or her best. And no matter what the final win-loss record, these were the teams that had the most fun.
In my experience, this “team” approach is one of the most useful and rewarding ways to think of marriage. Perhaps it won’t strike you as very romantic. However, when husbands and wives think of themselves as a unit and work together with a sense of mission, they experience a oneness that benefits every area of their relationship, romance included.
A man and woman who enter into a Christian marriage…
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Thanks for this thought-provoking aticle. I almost forgot that marriage was a threesome and Christ was there to guide us through the times of crisis.