December 2010 issue
For Richer or Poorer – Pastor King, Andrew’s Memorial SDA Church
June 15, 2010
It would be a good thing if a guarantee could be given at the start of a marriage that it will turn out well; but no such assurance can be given. None can ever be given because marriage carries a strong element of uncertainty with it. Whatever is being experienced today in a marriage can be negated by its opposite tomorrow. 
As the marriage vows indicate, better can be replaced by worse, health by sickness, happiness by sorrow, and riches by poverty. This is a natural risk that attends every marriage. Despite this, it is commonly believed that whatever blessing or bane that the marriage experiences, whatever fortune or misfortune it encounters, whatever the state of the night or day it traverses, the union should not splinter and fall apart, but that it should survive.
