Marriage is Hard : Truths I wish I Had Understood Before I Got Married /
Black, Susan,
Marriage is Hard : Truths I wish I Had Understood Before I Got Married / [print] Susan Black. - Bemidji, Minnesota : Focus Publishing, [(c)2013. - 152 pages ; 24 cm
Includes discussion questions (pages 141-150).
My love is not enough The depth of my sin The magnitude of God's grace, Part one, Part two Marriage is a process--love is learned Expectations can be deadly Respect is given, not earned Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling God is enough Wise wives share their stories.
All marriages are hard because they all have unavoidable and unanticipated challenges and trials. Marriage is hard because it is the union of two sinners who are engaged in the eternal battle between self-centeredness and servanthood, between living by emotions or living by truth, and between living for self or dying for self. Marriages can flourish or die on this battlefield, but God is faithful, and He has a gracious plan of heart-transformation for any wife who will commit her way to Him.
Columbia International University--Alumni and alumnae.
CIU Alumni Authors
Marriage.
Marriage--Biblical teaching.
Communication in marriage.
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Women--Biblical teaching.
HQ734.M377 2013 HQ734.B627.M377 2013
Marriage is Hard : Truths I wish I Had Understood Before I Got Married / [print] Susan Black. - Bemidji, Minnesota : Focus Publishing, [(c)2013. - 152 pages ; 24 cm
Includes discussion questions (pages 141-150).
My love is not enough The depth of my sin The magnitude of God's grace, Part one, Part two Marriage is a process--love is learned Expectations can be deadly Respect is given, not earned Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling God is enough Wise wives share their stories.
All marriages are hard because they all have unavoidable and unanticipated challenges and trials. Marriage is hard because it is the union of two sinners who are engaged in the eternal battle between self-centeredness and servanthood, between living by emotions or living by truth, and between living for self or dying for self. Marriages can flourish or die on this battlefield, but God is faithful, and He has a gracious plan of heart-transformation for any wife who will commit her way to Him.
Columbia International University--Alumni and alumnae.
CIU Alumni Authors
Marriage.
Marriage--Biblical teaching.
Communication in marriage.
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Women--Biblical teaching.
HQ734.M377 2013 HQ734.B627.M377 2013