Equipped for Marriage?

I'm sure many of you have seen this article floating around facebook. And if we are friends on Facebook, I'm sure you saw my rant in response to the article. If you didn't, here you go:   "Our generation isn't equipped to handle marriage anymore - and here's why"   This is an interesting read, and there are spots of truth in it. However, I think a lot of it is covering up the real roots of the problems.   We are by no means financially rich, but our marriage is not failing because of our finances. In fact, it flourishes. Some of our best days were a result of having very little and having to make it enough. I bet if you were to ask generations past, they would say the same thing. We live within our means, paying our debts and saving fo...r our future. It has not halted us from living life. We are living life and loving every second of it.   Technology is existent in every room of our home, but I don't fear for our marriage because of it. The real problem lies within the failure to seek your spouse's heart each day. I have argued since before I was married that intentionality makes all the difference. When you make sitting down and spending time together (I don't mean you're sitting in the same room watching the same show both on your phones, but when you actually, intentionally are spending time together) a priority, the technology no longer matters as much. I'm by no means saying we don't struggle with over-using technology, but I'm saying the balance between the two is crucial.   The biggest flaw in this argument, for me at least, was the omission of the importance of being Christ-centered always. Marriage is a covenant, created by God, used to glorify Him. For us, our marriage is a ministry to one another and to those around us. When the covenant is taken too lightly and the commitment is conditional, that's when our marriages start to fail. Older generations knew that, and there are handfuls in our generation that know that. That is what made generations before us "equipped" for marriage, and that is what makes our generation and those to follow "equipped" for marriage.