Building a Lasting Marriage!

So, Jason and I have started going to a group at our church called "Building a Lasting Marriage. It's a ongoing eight week series. So couples can join it anytime and just keep attending the classes until they come full-circle. The series is designed for any couple, married or engaged, who wants to enrich their marriage and "take it to the next level". There is a little homework involved, but it's only about half a page worth of questions to do with your spouse/partner and then we talk about it the next week in the class. I hadn't really thought of it as a commitment until a friend mentioned to me that it was a commitment taking an eight week class for you marriage...so I guess it is. I'm not sure if Jason's going to the next one or skipping it though, because I'll be out of town, so we'll have to go for the last six classes and then wait until the class we missed comes back around. Last night we learned about making a covenant. There was a smidgen of worship, followed by a marriage teaching. Then everyone takes a little coffee break to visit with each other. And then the last part is just talking about what we've learned the week before. There weren't too many couples in there...I think only seven couples, including the two couples of leaders, but I think there's usually more leaders in there.
They gave us these cute little bags filled with salt that we made our own covenant with to our spouse. It was pretty sweet. I think Jason might have even got a little choked up about it. Although he was probably trying to hide that a little. So now we have these little bags sitting in the living room with dates on the back of them as to when we made this covenant and when we have tough times we can just look at these little bags filled with salt think about the promise we've made to each other and God. It really does make you think of you marriage in a different way...at least I do. Jason and I have been thinking of renewing our vows in a year or so and we were talking about adding this litle ritual to our ceremony. I think it would be pretty cool.
Anyway, just wanted to fill everyone in on the goings on here and say that the class was fun. And it's nice to know that nobody's got a perfect marriage but we're all working on it! :)