My favorite quotes this week were these:
"We cannot steal the fire of love from heaven. We must buy it with soul-stretching payments."
I like this one for both it's application in maintaining love in a marriage, and in building toward a marriage relationship. We can't expect love to be cheap, and we can't expect to build a lasting love if we try to build it outside of the sequence that God has ordained.
I like this one for both it's application in maintaining love in a marriage, and in building toward a marriage relationship. We can't expect love to be cheap, and we can't expect to build a lasting love if we try to build it outside of the sequence that God has ordained.
"Faith is the stubborn resolve to see God blessing us in all circumstances."
I really believe that this is a crucial element to faith and reflects our willingness to trust Him always. I have a quote on my wall that says, "Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way" which has a similar meaning. We have to trust Him always, even when it doesn't seem to make sense to. His love is always there for us, and working for us in the worst of circumstances.
I really believe that this is a crucial element to faith and reflects our willingness to trust Him always. I have a quote on my wall that says, "Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way" which has a similar meaning. We have to trust Him always, even when it doesn't seem to make sense to. His love is always there for us, and working for us in the worst of circumstances.
"Passivity is not what God is after."
Blind obedience is not what is expected of us. We are to be agents unto ourselves.
Blind obedience is not what is expected of us. We are to be agents unto ourselves.
"To care about someone does not mean sacrificing one's time and energy for that person. It means devoting them to the person and taking joy in doing so; in the end, one feels richer for one's efforts, not poorer." Tzvetan Todorov
This is such remarkable insight, and to me what makes the application of it remarkable is the idea that each individual in a relationship needs to be able to take on this understanding, and if they can, I think any relationship could be saved. I think it comes down to deciding what it is that we really want.
This is such remarkable insight, and to me what makes the application of it remarkable is the idea that each individual in a relationship needs to be able to take on this understanding, and if they can, I think any relationship could be saved. I think it comes down to deciding what it is that we really want.
"Rather than looking at marriage as a skill issue, let's consider it as a heart matter. Most adults communicate quite well with other adults when their hearts are soft and they respect one another."
Doug Brinley
I love this because I've been studying A Heart Like His by Virginia Hinkley Pearce. Keeping a soft heart is important in all aspects of our lives, so of course it has great applicability to marriage!
Doug Brinley
I love this because I've been studying A Heart Like His by Virginia Hinkley Pearce. Keeping a soft heart is important in all aspects of our lives, so of course it has great applicability to marriage!
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