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I have a couple minutes before we begin day two of the Oasis Marriage Conference here in Cap-Cod, MA. Yesterday, the speaker spoke on "Making the Cut." He talked about two kinds of marriages. The first is the Contract, which is "An agreement between two or more parties; especially one that is written and enforceable by law." This kind of marriage is the result of a contract crazy culture. This kind of marriage is built on conditions. If you don't keep your end of the bargain, then the other party presses the eject button and both spouses either divorce or leave emotionally from their marriage, so either way you look at it 70% of marriages do that exact thing, but there is hope. The other kind of marriage, the Covenant Marriage, God designed is this: "An unchangeable, divinely initiated blood bond of life and death." In this kind of marriage, YOU OWE (Your Spouse) ME. . . NOTHING, where as in the contract marriage, YOU OWN (Your Spouse)! Do you see the difference? Covenant is unconditional. It does not matter if you or your spouse has a bad day for a week straight, you are in a covenant relationship before God. Instead of pressing the eject button when things are tough, in covenant marriages, you run to the person, and shower them with unconditional love and respect because that person has committed to follow you. Covenant marriages are Heaven on Earth!