Is divorce on the horizon?

In the book The Seven Principles for making Marriage work Dr Gottman teaches about the research methods for determining whether or not a couple will divorce. After years of research and hundreds of couples spending time in what is called the "Love Lab" Dr Gottman and his team have found out that over time, what he calls "The Four Horseman" will take a told on the marriage and can ultimately lead to divorce if the couple does not seek to change their relationship for the better. One of the "Four Horsemen" that stood out to me was Criticism. Dr. Gottman explains that even though one will always have complaints about their spouse, which is normal for every couple, some couples will be critical and that will cause feelings to be hurt and the problem that was originally supposed to be solved, has not been solved, but just made worse. Growing up in the Church I always heard about how we need to put our trust in the Lord and criticize less because of the harm it may cause others. I understood it to a point but since I have read about the 'Four Horsemen", I have been able to see why critisism is such a problem. The research that Dr. Gottman and his team have done is all aligning with the teachings of the Gospel and how to be more Christlike.  

Dr. Gottman has also given the final steps to what he calls "The death knell of a relationship". 

The final step stood out to me because of what it entails, loneliness. The devil will never get a chance to have a marriage and family so he seeks to ruin anything related to such. Loneliness is what the devil feels and it can never be changed because of the choice that he has made. Fortunately, every person on this earth has the right and chance to change for the better. We should all be striving to do everything in our power to build up our marriages and to fortify them for the future. Loneliness is something that no one wants to feel. As a single woman I often feel loneliness because I do not have the companionship of a man in my life right now, but learning all that I can now to prepare myself and my future marriage is the best course of action for me at this current time. The world is only going to get worse and will get to the point that marriage and family will be laughed at and judged. We as members need to properly educate ourselves and prepare for those days when the devil will do everything in his power to wipe the sacred bond of man and wife from the earth. If we are prepared we can keep our marriage alive and avoid the awful feeling of loneliness that the devil will always bare.