In a culture that encourages, supports and justifies that we throw our marriages away like yesterday's trash, below is a quote from the current book I am reading, Redeeming Love, that I want to share. It hit me like a ton of bricks of conviction when you reflect the culture's view of marriage.
This statement is made by the husband. He is the provider, the forgiver, the supporter and the leader in this book. He loves unconditionally, selflessly, whole heartedly with the love of Christ. You see, only someone with these qualities can lead a man to make this statement; a statement that is more than just a line in a fictional book but a statement of such conviction and truth that can be applied to the very core of real life marriage. Especially, for the husband who loves his family in the same way Christ loves us... with a love that is sacrificial, willing, forgiving, unconditional, eternal but most of all redeeming. When a man enters into marriage with the kind of commitment shown in the statement below, she has become one blessed wife that even this culture can't influence.
As for us wives, be a wife that makes him want to live out this statement with no regret, no burden, no shame but instead with an eternal love, happiness and joy that made it all worth it for him.
"It's a lifetime of commitment in my book, lady. It's not an arrangement you nullify when things get a little tough to bear."
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I recall a statement by Dr. James Dodson, "A lot of marriages fail because the couples are to busy being parents and not enough time on being husband and wife."
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