Kate’s Reviews > Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? > Status Update

“Sin is a reality in this fallen world. It’s how we respond to it that will determine whether our marriages become a casualty statistic or a crown of success.”

“Couples don’t fall out of love so much as they fall out of repentance.”

“Marriage certainly has its challenges, but when these are faced head on, our marriage can nurture our devotional lives in enriching ways. One of the ways is by unmasking our sin and our hurtful attitudes, and thus leading us into the spirit of humility.”

“Both will put growth in godliness above affluence, public opinion, or personal ease.”

“Jesus makes it absolutely clear that you must choose unity if you want to maintain a vital prayer relationship with God. Dissension is a major prayer-killer. Looked at from this perspective, the institution of marriage is designed to force us to become reconcilers… In this, ironically, marriage points us away from our spouse and toward God.”

“Contempt is conceived with expectations. Respect is conceived with expressions of gratitude. We can choose which one we will obsess over— expectations, or thanksgivings. That choice will result in a birth— and the child will be named either contempt, or respect.”

“…All sin is certainly to be hated and abhorred where it is, but when we must set ourselves against sin as we do against sickness and disease, by showing ourselves, tender and compassionate to the sick and the diseased.”

“No one is of the Spirit of Christ, but he that has the utmost compassion for sinners. Nor is there any greater sign of your own perfection than you find yourself all love and compassion toward them that are very weak and defective. And on the other hand, you have never less reason to be pleased with yourself then when you find yourself most angry and offended at the behavior of others…”