service to God

"It is not marriage but service to God that is the greatest thing in life. Even in married life this should be recognized and acted upon. In fact, all those who embrace the Truth are married in the sense that they are espoused to Christ {II Cor. 11:2}, and their greatest love and duty is to him, even above husband, wife, and children {Luke 14:26}. Therefore, Christ should take pre-eminence over any other consideration. That will not make the wife less attractive to her husband, but will add to her beauty, because it requires of her to submit herself to him, 'as unto the Lord' {Eph. 5:22}. Nor will it cause the husband to neglect his wife, for he will show her the same sacrificial love as Christ has revealed towards the ecclesia, and he will give up his life for the love of his bride {Eph.5:25}."