Commitment consists of three things: a promise, complete dedication, and total attachment. When there is a healthy attachment to each other, you want nothing more than to dedicate yourself to them and keep the promises that you, together, have made.
The quote regards a couple who has made the same promise to the other. It's being committed and dedicated to that same promise. When that promise is broken, for what ever reason, that specific commitment is broken.
Forgive the reference, but in the Disney Junior show Sophia the First, Sophia says, "My mom always said a broken promise can never be fixed."
I used to think that, that's how promises worked - you broke it, it was broken. But then I studied Family Relations and learned how completely and undoubtly false that statement is. Sure the natural would tell you that it's gone. But that's why marriage is a divine institution - because we push aside the natural.
"To know that you have someone that loves you, and on whom you can depend no matter what problems may arise, is really important." - Anonymous
Ultimately, we are here on this earth to have experiences that challenge us to return to live with our Father in Heaven. The last covenant most of us will make in this life is an eternal marriage. What's more perfect and divine than that?
Avec Amour,
Elisse
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