Covenant commitments are defined by the quiet, determined resolve to hold on when others let go. It’s the belief that love is a choice long after it’s a feeling. It’s what separates marriages that struggle to survive from those that thrive.

Most marriages don’t explode, they drift. They drift through neglect, through busyness, through complacency, through unspoken disappointment. But covenant love was never meant to drift. It was meant to be anchored. Guard against neglect. Fight selfishness. Choose to reengage every day. Covenant doesn’t demand perfection, it does require participation. It calls you to keep showing up. So don’t wait for feelings to return before you act in love. Act in love first, and fee

Understanding how marriages break is not about focusing on failure or shame. The focus is about learning how to guard what God has entrusted to us. It’s about recognizing the warning signs and reinforcing the foundation before cracks result in collapse.