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- "Marriage draws husbands and wives toward wholeness through their complementary
and sometimes conflicting natures. Parts of the self that have been dormant, lost,
ignored, neglected, or are weak demand to be reawakened and developed. Marriage takes
us on a quest for wholeness of body, mind, and spirit."
- "Marriage may be divinely designed as one of God’s greatest agents for personal growth.
This may be why it is so central to God’s Plan of Happiness. Some challenges require more
than we feel we can give. These compel us to ‘come unto Christ’ and partner with Him to get
through."
- "When people are unhappy in marriage or are in 'marriage survival mode,' they often
believe that there are only two choices—either get divorced or endure an unhappy marriage.
There is another option."
- "An internalized concept of the marriage covenant where divorce is not an option
could revolutionize marriage and society. Culturally we've learned what divorce has
to offer. So now we should work to end that pattern and get on track toward a better way."
- "Marriage may be likened to a surprise grab bag. You never really know what you're
going to get."
- "Until we develop greater understanding and mastery of the mental and emotional
self, we will be unsuccessful in our search for intimacy, happiness, and wholeness."
- "This 'us against the problem' approach makes the problem the enemy rather than our spouse."
- "Even one spouse who is willing to make personal changes, and better meet the
other's needs, can affect the whole relationship. When one spouse changes, the energy
and dynamics of the relationship shift, inviting and influencing change in the other
as well."
- "Romantic love is like an anesthesia that blinds us sufficiently to our spouse's
weaknesses to lure us into marrying them, so that we can regain our inner wholeness.
Romantic love brings two 'incompatible' people together for the purpose of mutual
growth."
- "The awakening and transformation involves the purifying process of completely
aligning ourself with our divine spirit self and our will with God’s will. This is a
heart-rending excavation of the soul that too few are willing to embark upon."
- "It is on the mountaintop of real love that husband and wife may find the
oneness spoken of in the scriptures—where emotional, spiritual and physical
intimacy are united. . . . Real love is charity, the pure love of Christ."
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Created Apr 6, 2003; Updated Apr 26, 2008
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