Is LOVE important in marriage?of course, YES!
But Marriages is not a LOVE Matter.
Marriage is a DESTINY matter.
Some persons genuinely fell in love with up to five different persons before they finally got married.Why because LOVE can be generated through vision, ambition, money, character, cares, and concerns, anytime, anywhere, and with anybody.
You can love anybody if you really want to, especially if the person can make you see reason to love him/her.But you cannot fulfill destiny and finish destiny journey well with anyhow person as your partner on the line.
Marriage is not for love but for purpose. I.e(your reason for existence and assignment on earth).
You don’t go into marriage because of love, and you don’t refuse to go into marriage because you don’t believe you love the person. If your first criteria for Marriage is “LOVE” I’m afraid for you, because most times what we love is far from what we NEED and your Need is mostly tantamount to the WILL of God.
That is why a lot of persons that followed God’s leading in marriage ended up with the type of persons they never believed they can get married to and when they got into the marriages it was not easy initially but after a while they slowly, reluctantly and surprisingly grew deeper in love with the person when they discovered the purpose for the marriages and they see themselves fulfilling destiny well.
Note:God can allow you into a marriage just because he wants you to be a coverage for the man or the woman for him/her to fulfill destiny, and being the coverage is already your own destiny and reason for existence.
God allows some persons into marriages because of the destiny of the unborn children to have some benefits.God can never allow you into a marriage just because of Love.God allows every marriage for a particular purpose.
God did not give Eve to Adam for love but to help each other to fulfil destiny. Can you marry who you don’t really love? Yes, if that’s the will of God for you, because LOVE is less important when PURPOSE is on the throne.