The Silent Killer

To prepare for my up and coming marriage I am reading a book called The Most Important Year In A Man's Life, What Every Groom Needs to Know, by Robert Wolgemuth and Mark Devries. In this book I came across an interesting fact. Divorce dramatically increases the likelihood of early death from stroke, hypertension, respiratory cancer, and intestinal cancer. Astonishingly, being a divorced non-smoker is only slightly less dangerous than smoking a pack (or more) of cigarettes a day and staying married! (Should divorce papers come with the surgeon general's warning, too)?" Wow, that's tough stuff. Think, fifty percent of marriages end in divorce, that is a lot of people who are at risk for these complications. Maybe more people should count the cost before walking down the aisle. I fear too many people do not take marriage seriously and go into the covenant with one foot out the door in case things are not really the way they think it should be. Marriage was not designed with a 90 day return policy, but rather as a lifetime commitment, "Till death do us part".