For Better Or Worse Is No Cliche

Divorce is never a good thing, but the lesser of two evils. God does not expect us to stay in a relationship that potentially is damning, but he does expect us to stay in a relationship that is potentially exalting. In this life we often see things in our spouse that is annoying, and some times even destructive, but honestly we must look at ourself and realize that we ourselves do things that are annoying and destructive.
Sometimes, when we are hurt by the actions of our loved ones we think that divorce is the only solution. It is not! When we have entered a covenant with God we become perfected in Christ. None of us are perfect to our covenant, we may do well, but if we were perfect there would be no reason that Christ should atone for our sins. We do our best and we work with our spouse to overcome issues along the way. That is what our covenant is and that is what exalts our relationship.
When we enter the next life most things that are important to us here will not matter there. With that in mind we should truly seek to minimize our own annoyances here in this life.
For better or for worse must never be turned into a trite cliche.
However, when abuse of any kind is involved I believe the potential of the relationship is damned. Abuse has no place in a temporal or eternal relationship.