Love
Success in marriage depends on being able, when you get over being in love, to really love. (Eleanor Roosevelt, late US First Lady)
Even before Shakespeare took pen in hand, mankind loved a lover. But, as Mrs. Roosevelt suggests, that romantic feeling of newlyweds doesn’t last forever. Then, the test really begins. It’s not an emotion so much as a commitment to show you care by your willingness to sacrifice for your loved one—along with plenty of romance.
[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres (1 Corinthians 13:7).