TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Susan
TI  - Marriage is Hard: Truths I wish I Had Understood Before I Got Married 
AV  - HQ734.B627.M377 2013 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Bemidji, Minnesota
PB  - Focus Publishing
KW  - Columbia International University
KW  - Alumni and alumnae
KW  - CIU Alumni Authors
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Communication in marriage
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Women
N1  - 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; 2
N2  - 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
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