In a letter to the Ephesians, Paul, a follower of Jesus, said this of marriage:

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up [and died] for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word [that is, the scriptures], and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ … each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”

The above sums up the core of my faith about marriage and how it should be. Wives must respect their husbands, and be willing to follow them, and husbands must be willing to lay down their lives for their wives.

Great insight into love, Jamie. I really like the way you think.