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Hers had been a sheltered life, to be sure, and she wondered if he would think her still a child if he knew how very sheltered.
“Don’t go looking for trouble that isn’t there, but don’t ignore your instincts, if you feel that something is amiss. I don’t condone divorce under normal circumstances, but certainly a woman being tormented by a despicable husband is neither moral nor biblical.”
“In Christ,” she went on, paraphrasing the verse, “all things have become new.”
How could she so often fall so short for those she loved so much?
Not do-good church folks. Real Christians. Who believe that Jesus Christ can change a man—or a boy or anyone—and make him a redeemed child of God.
If your love for each other is based on the perfection and goodness of the other, you will come to disappointment and frustration quickly.
And in our marriages, too, there can be great waters, dark waters, deep waters, but they cannot quench love.
Paul writes that love bears all things, believes all things, hopes and endures all things. That love never fails.”
“You start off certain that your marriage will be the strongest and best that ever was because you love this person so much and it all makes perfect sense. You know God has led you there, and you rejoice in His beautiful plan. And then the great waters come. You know the stuff. Sickness and suffering. Losing a job or a home. Losing loved ones. Trouble with your children, or wondering if you’ll ever have children, or watching your children suffer. Relatives who try to tear you apart. And failing and disappointing one another over and again.”
“This isn’t the life you committed to. No flowery Valentine’s Day sentiment is going to help you now. But love will—the force that took Christ to the cross and kept Him there! We’re talking about real love—something that no waters, not even great waters, no floods, not even tidal waves, can destroy!”
