marriage

"I think it is more safe and more beautiful and more true to believe that when a person dies he will go and be with God because, on earth, he had come to know Him, that he had a relational encounter with God not unlike meeting a friend or a lover or having a father or taking a bride, and that in order to engage God he gave up everything, repented and changed his life, as this sort of extreme sacrifice is what is required if true love is to grow. We would expect nothing less in a marriage; why should we accept anything less in becoming unified with Christ?"
- "Searching for God Knows What," Donald Miller

I think a lot of us have this glorified view of marriage where it's this unbreakable relationship, a full unity between man and woman... that's how I see it. Viewing a relationship with Christ as something like that - as becoming one flesh with Him - seems to be a pretty accurate description of what needs to be done, thus, there should be no cheating on Him, no divorces, and none of the things that characterize a bad marriage.
What makes marriages so sacred that so many people worry about it for so long? Why couldn't we just spend that time seeking a commitment and a strong marriage with Christ?

"The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less."
- John 3:29-30