The Bible says that the two joined in marriage shall become one. You are both on the same team. You either win as a team or lose as a team. You laugh together and cry together. What hurts your spouse should hurt you. What excites your spouse should excite you.
It's like a three-legged race: if you've got the rhythm, you move. If you are out of step, you fall.
When you are working as one, you do nothing that would hurt, belittle, discourage, frustrate, or limit your spouse. In fact, you do just the opposite: You do everything within your power to heal, compliment, encourage, build up, and strengthen your spouse.
Whatever you do for your partner, you are in fact doing for yourself. That's what oneness means. You do what's best for the relationship, not just what's good for the individuals. Thus a sacred "we" is formed, and in every circumstance the "me" submits to the "we." The "me" is not lost. It is just that as the "me" strengthens the "we,"
the "we" strengthens the "me."
And so the two are truly one.
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