The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

by Timothy J. Keller

Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us.

You can offer to serve the other with joy, you can make the offer with coldness or resentment, or you can selfishly insist on your own way.

Self-centeredness by its very character makes you blind to your own while being hypersensitive, offended, and angered by that of others.