Here are some beautiful quotes about marriage from Ellen G. White:
1. "Though difficulties, perplexities, and discouragements may arise, let neither husband nor wife harbor the thought that their union is a mistake or a disappointment. Determine to be all that it is possible to be to each other. Continue the early attentions. In every way encourage each other in fighting the battles of life. Study to advance the happiness of each other. Let there be mutual love, mutual forbearance. Then marriage, instead of being the end of love, will be as it were the very beginning of love. The warmth of true friendship, the love that binds heart to heart, is a foretaste of the joys of heaven." (Ministry of Healing, 360.2)
2. "Like every other one of God's good gifts entrusted to the keeping of humanity, marriage has been perverted by sin; but it is the purpose of the gospel to restore its purity and beauty. In both the Old and the New Testament the marriage relation is employed to represent the tender and sacred union that exists between Christ and His people, the redeemed ones whom He has purchased at the cost of Calvary." (Mount of Blessing, 64.1)
3. "It is the duty of every married couple to studiously avoid marring the feelings of each other. They should control every look and expression of fretfulness and passion. They should study each other's happiness, in small matters, as well as in large, manifesting a tender thoughtfulness, in acknowledging kind acts and the little courtesies of each other. These small things should not be neglected, for they are just as important to the happiness of man and wife, as food is necessary to sustain physical strength." (The Adventist Home, 120.2)
4. "However carefully and wisely marriage may have been entered into, few couples are completely united when the marriage ceremony is performed. The real union of the two in wedlock is the work of the after years." (Ministry of Healing, 359.5)
These quotes highlight the beauty, sacredness, and ongoing growth of the marriage relationship.
References:
- White, E. G. (1905). The Ministry of Healing, pp. 359.5, 360.2.
- White, E. G. (1955). Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, p. 64.1.
- White, E. G. (1952). The Adventist Home, p. 120.2.