If I were to ask you what the primary marriage-killers are in 2012, what would make your list: income, in-laws, incompatibility? Think about the first marriage ever, inaugurated at a garden wedding in paradise. Did Adam and Eve have or need an income? Did Adam have a mother-in-law? With whom else could Adam have been compatible if not Eve?
Even a marriage made in Heaven will be tested by Hell; even a marriage made in Heaven will be tested on earth. There is only one marriage-killer. Trials, foes and even poverty have actually been known to strengthen a Christ-centered marriage, but marriage was never the same after sin had slithered into the relationship of man and wife.
How amazing that the first sin ever among humans was pawned off on a couple. The Devil knows that when he foils a family, he gets at least two for the price of one. Sin in the home multiplies the damage done in time and in people.
Until we accurately assess the problem, we will not eagerly accept the answer. As simple as it may sound, the only thing that can ruin your marriage is sin. And the only thing that can heal, help and build your marriage is submission to its’ Designer.