I think most people just don't want to save their marriages. So few people have the conviction that marriage is a life long commitment. Does anyone remember their vows? For better or worse, right? I mean, so many people just walk away the moment things get tough. What sort of message as a society are we sending our kids? This is all very tragic to me. I know that we have all been hurt very badly, but the pain can be overcome. I look at the cross and remember that He hurt to the point of death for me when I didn't even love Him. He did this as an example for me to follow. He's my motivation. I know that many people don't agree with bringing Christianity into this, but I firmly believe it's at the heart of it. If more people looked closely at the cross, they would have a totally different perspective on life. That the creator of the universe would humble himself to the point of a humiliating and excruciating death on the cross for the sake of you and I is a profound and beautiful thing. That He did this as an example for us to follow is an honor. "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an antoning sacrifice for our sins." I John 4:7-10 None of us are perfect, I realize that, but love can overcome all things, so don't give up on it, even when the other person has.
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WOW! that is a very profound reminder and just what I needed to read today. I hope you do not mind that I printed that out to carry in my pocket to be read often.
Me 54 DS19 and DS17 Married 06/1989 Divorced 01/2011
Puppy... I know you have enough going on with your own stitch.. but could you help this one out maybe: she is in newcomers: "confusedbylife" I would personally appreciate it.
me: 37 H: 44 Married for 18 years this june S7 S3 porn issues, and much more... since 7/06
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
I'm so happy that this touched you. I really feel that the Spirit moved my heart to say these things. We must bodly proclaim the Word of God, not out of self-righteousness or judgement, but because it is the only life-giving truth we have. I hope your day is blessed.
Philippians 4:11-13 (NIV) 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
