Katie

“Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.”
― Henry Cloud, Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships

“God's solution for "I can't live that way anymore" is basically, "Good! Don't live that way anymore. Set firm limits against evil behavior that are designed to promote change and redemption. Get the love and support you need from other places to take the kind of stance that I do to help redeem relationship. Suffer long, but suffer in the right way." And when done God's way, chances are much better for redemption.”
― Henry Cloud, Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships

“A steward manages assets for the owner’s benefit. The steward carries no sense of entitlement to the assets he manages. It’s his job to find out what the owner wants done with his assets, then carry out his will.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“And things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.”
― Henry Cloud, Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships