Are you the exception?

Whenever you think of Divorce there are a hundred and one excuses to get one. He leaves the toilet seat up. She cheated on me. He won't put forth his fair share of the work. She's lazy. He let himself go. Or simply I fell out of love. In today's society everything needs to be done immediately, I need it right now. As soon as you experience the slightest bump of turbulence people will pull the emergency  tab and get away as soon as they can. People have stopped putting in the effort required to have a successful marriage. A few semesters ago Elder Jeffery R. Holland came up and gave a devotional to the Rexburg Married Student Stake. It was open to a question and answer session and someone asked a question about acceptable reasons for divorce. Elder Holland said that yes there were exceptions that allowed for varying circumstances but that he was sick and tired of talking about the exceptions to the standard. 

While the world at large likes to claim that about half of every marriage falls under the exception that is simply not the case. When you enter a marriage you need to go in expecting to be with your spouse forever. Because if you go in while still having a leg out of the back door I can guarantee that your marriage will end. No, your marriage will not be perfect. You will have highs and lows, but if you and your spouse are equally yoked and constantly working to better yourself and your marriage, I could almost guarantee that it will stand through the test of time and eternity.