Love between a husband and a wife is described in the Song of Solomon with great intensity and passion: "Love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave.  Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.  Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.  If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised" (8:6b-7).  Does this describe your relationship with your spouse?  You may first respond with laughter, thinking that your marriage could never be described in these terms.  Yet, we must be reminded that these words do not come from a novel or from a script of a romance movie, but these words are from the very Word of God and they describe a relationship between a man and a woman who both deeply love God and one another.  To say that this description is impossible for your marriage is to deny the power of God and the effectiveness of His Word.  This is what this couple's retreat is all about.  It is about taking the Word of God and applying it to our marriages with the pursuit of this description of love becoming a description of the love relationship in our marriages.  So, please make this weekend a priority.  Pastor Daryle Worley has written his doctoral thesis on the subject of marriage and is well equipped to take us into the depths of God's Word and apply it practically to our marriages.  We are trusting God for a weekend that will serve each of the couples in a lasting way.