Marriage is a priority

Happy New Year...hard to believe it is 2011.

I know my title sounds obvious, but how often is it true? How often do those of us in serious relationships, in marriages make it a priority?
What spurred this blog on today was a phone conversation with a friend...a friend whose marriage has been a rollercoaster for different reasons and whose marriage is fragile.
I hate this, because in every marriage...the devil is at work. He is at work to destroy something that God ordains, that God considers a priority, and that God is in favor of. Let's face it, our own selfishness and personal desires get in the way...and when you are in a marriage, you HAVE to be selfless. Then, you add kids in the mix...and marriage takes on a different focus and different dynamic.
I truly do understand how these adjustments rock marriages. But that being said, marriage and family are the foundation...reading Genesis 1 and 2 today proves it. God created Adam and Eve for eachother to work together and have help. He ordained marriage between man and woman in the first two chapters of the Bible. That's powerful stuff!
So, make your marriage a priority. To the couple's credit mentioned above...they are in counseling, for which I am ever so proud of. If you have the privilege of being in a marriage, cherish it, value it, and know that we have to be selfless...which is the opposite of selfish.