Integrity in a marriage is that gut-level, what-you-see-is-what-you-get honesty that builds trust between two people. Where there is integrity, there are no hidden agendas, no skeletons in the closet, no hiding from true emotion, no fear of confrontation.
Instead there is ability to love unselfishly because love springs from pure hearts. In the place of fear there is confidence that the loved one will always do good and never evil. In place of hiding emotions behind words there is the ability to confront--to put it all out on the table and work through any crisis because each has an abiding faith in each other.
In a marriage, there is no greater betrayal than the betrayal of integrity. Integrity is the groundwork, the core, the foundation upon which the rest of the marriage structure is built. We must guard our hearts so that we never lose our integrity as individuals or as a couple.
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