If there are two points I hope that individuals take from this conversation is that Marriage is important and should be treated seriously. And even if things do not go the way we had hoped or imagined it would, we are still called to love and will the good of another. Holding onto bitterness is not good for the soul and is a form of mental and spiritual enslavement. Seek and trust God in the process. It does not mean things will go the way we want them to or think they ought. It means no matter what happens, God loves me. And He loves all who are involved. How each responds to His love is out of our control (except for how I respond to His grace and to certain Biblical truths).
"We do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is right where we are wrong. We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.” — G. K. Chesterton
When Christians start to take Marriage seriously again, the culture will either reject God’s definition of Marriage even more than she does, or she will be moved by the fruits of Christian Marriage. I believe in the beginning, they will reject God’s plan for Marriage and even mock it, but over time, the world’s definition of Marriage will seem dull and barren. It will be seen for what it is. A counterfeit version of something real. Remain hopeful. For God’s ways are greater than our ways.