So what can we do?
I remember when I was learning to drive, I was told that whenever you took the car out, you should check a number of things, eg. the tyres, tread depth, oil, coolant, lights, fuel indicator… the list goes on. How often do we actually do this?! But the ideal still stands and made me think that it would be helpful to have a checklist for marriage that we could use every day or at least regularly.
If we can be caring for our marriage in an everyday kind of way, this will help to avoid the damage that neglecting it will do. And also help to avoid surprises or big problems down the road.