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S1: Chad writes. Gary, what is your definition of the ideal marriage?

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S2: An ideal marriage is two individuals, a man and a woman,

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S2: committed to Jesus Christ, looking to him for instruction on

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S2: how to live. And then in the power of the

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S2: Holy Spirit, they are loving and encouraging and helping each

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S2: other to become everything that God intended them to become.

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S2: I believe that was God's plan for marriage. The husband

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S2: reaches out to love and encourage and support his wife.

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S2: She reaches out to do the same for him. The

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S2: results both of you accomplish more in the Kingdom of

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S2: God because you're together than you would accomplish as individuals

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S2: apart from each other. Marriage is meant to be a loving, supportive,

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S2: caring relationship, pushing each of us in the direction of

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S2: God and His purposes for our lives.

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S3: Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of The Five Love Languages.

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S3: For more, visit five Love Languages. Com.