Saturday, October 30, 2010

#2 What if.................

This is wedding season and I love it. I love walking out the premarital process with couples. Most begin with this unrealistic picture of what marriage is all about and after a few sessions they are brought back to earth when we discuss this reality.Their will come a time in your marriage that you look at your spouse and think to yourself, 'there MUST be a way out, its just too hard!' The hard fought truth is that most people have the wrong idea about love. Love is NOT an emotion, its a decision. Most of our culture has made it an emotion so when you don't 'feel' in love anymore then people dismiss their commitment and their vows. What if we believed that marriage was about a decision. What if people chose into love instead of felt their way out of love. What if people believed that marriage wasn't designed to make you happy but rather make you holy. What if you pursued your spouse not because of what you were going to gain but rather what you were going to give. What if.....

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