Chapter Seven
"I renounced my individuality the day I got married"
"Instead of giving thanks for romance when it comes, we crave it, demand it, and even build our lives around it." (pg 93)
"...If more women would concern themselves with being responsible instead of obsessing about whether they feel happy, fulfilled, and "important," we would have a lot more women who are happy and fulfilled - and a much stronger church and world."
1 Peter 3:9 "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."
"I cannot promise you that if you respond with a blessing when you're hurt or wounded, your husband will change. I cannot promise you a life of happiness and personal fulfillment, but I can promise you that you are living according to your purpose and calling as a Christian; you are obeying the will of God and there is peach in obedience. The first reason you are to respond this way is not so that you can secure a hoped-for change in your mate, but because it is God's desire that you make this kind of response." -Linda Dillow
"But you've those very arts in yourself, if only you're willing to make use of them. He's yours whether you like it or not; that's settled. The better you make him, the better off you'll be. You have eyes only for his failings. These intensify your disgust, and with this handle you're simply catching him where he can't be held. Mark the good in him, rather, and by this means take him where he can be held. The time to weigh his faults was before you married him, since a husband should be chosen not only with eyes, but with ears too. Now's the time for improving him, not blaming him." -Erasmus
"Instead of giving thanks for romance when it comes, we crave it, demand it, and even build our lives around it." (pg 93)
"...If more women would concern themselves with being responsible instead of obsessing about whether they feel happy, fulfilled, and "important," we would have a lot more women who are happy and fulfilled - and a much stronger church and world."
1 Peter 3:9 "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."
"I cannot promise you that if you respond with a blessing when you're hurt or wounded, your husband will change. I cannot promise you a life of happiness and personal fulfillment, but I can promise you that you are living according to your purpose and calling as a Christian; you are obeying the will of God and there is peach in obedience. The first reason you are to respond this way is not so that you can secure a hoped-for change in your mate, but because it is God's desire that you make this kind of response." -Linda Dillow
"But you've those very arts in yourself, if only you're willing to make use of them. He's yours whether you like it or not; that's settled. The better you make him, the better off you'll be. You have eyes only for his failings. These intensify your disgust, and with this handle you're simply catching him where he can't be held. Mark the good in him, rather, and by this means take him where he can be held. The time to weigh his faults was before you married him, since a husband should be chosen not only with eyes, but with ears too. Now's the time for improving him, not blaming him." -Erasmus
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