Where does the expression "falling in love" come from anyway? Perhaps because the whole experience is a humiliation and embarrassment? :p Is it because in the olden days, once you fell in, you couldn't get out? Or (seriously now) is it because it often results in injury? Everyone likes the airtime, but when you hit the ground it hurts. Also like falling, it's often a hasty ordeal. It's pathetic. A 25th anniversary is fast becoming a rare phenomenon, while we see a lot more of the fun-done; fit-split mentality. With the current trends the idiom is long overdue a revision to "failing in love." So many people that I know...everything exterior will seem fine...and then the structure suddenly implodes, betraying the facade, and leaving a pile of hurt and anger. And a number to add to the growing statistics...another testimony to the degradation of society and proof of the words "a house divided against itself cannot stand." Of course there is usually collateral damage: kids staring in shocked disbelief, learning dreadful lessons that many of them will invariably repeat. What an abomination. Society is out of control. "Because iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold." Matt 24:12. The only love that seems to escape that prophecy is self love. No one seems to ever run out of that. It's high in demand and even higher in supply. "Look out for # one" is the motto, and most seem to practice it to perfection. No wonder marriages are falling apart. Very discouraging. The next verse of Matt 24 offers a little consolation: "But he that endures until the end, the same will be saved." I think that could go for marriages too.   ¶ 10:12 PM