December 8

He feels that you and your wife should do everything in your power to produce a harmonious relationship between you and avoid divorce by all means, if possible. The Bahá'í attitude is that marriage is a very serious and sacred relationship and divorce a last resort to be avoided if humanly possible. (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, dated 10 August 1945; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Preserving Baha’i Marriages)