(Name) and (name), on this your wedding day I am reminded of a phrase that has appeared on many posters and even some bumper stickers. It is this: "This is the first day of the rest of your lives."

It is, you know. Everything you have done, even when you did it together, you did as two individuals. From this day forward, things will be different. For God has ordained that on this day, through your vows, he will bind you together in a mysterious but wonderful union. So you are no longer two, but one. That makes today the first day of the rest of your lives.All this may sound exciting to newlyweds, but apparently it is shortlived. That we rebel against the unity of marriage is obvious from the demeaning way in which we speak of it. For instance, one old French adage offers: "Love is the daw…