I didn't become a Christian because God promised I'd have an even happier life than I had as an atheist. Rather I became a Christian because the evidence was so compelling Jesus really is the one-and-only Son of God who proved his divinity by rising from the dead.
On our wedding day, we’re not standing at the altar to say, “I really do love you,” but to say, “I really will love you” — whatever it takes, however hard it gets, whatever happens, however much I want to leave.