Of course, marriage in one sense changes who you are in certain ways, but it also simply amplifies what you are. Many people think that when they got married, they turned into selfish people. What actually happened is they plugged the
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“Spurgeon once said, “Faults are thick where love is thin.”
― Decluttering Your Marriage
― Decluttering Your Marriage
“The issue is not the rate at which things get dirty. Marriages will always include bumps, fusses, misunderstandings, and problems. However, when these problems arise, you will either push them away or you are going to deal with them right away. When you do not deal with them right away, they accumulate. Marriages that are put together are marriages where sin is not allowed to accumulate.”
― Decluttering Your Marriage
― Decluttering Your Marriage
“Of course, marriage in one sense changes who you are in certain ways, but it also simply amplifies what you are. Many people think that when they got married, they turned into selfish people. What actually happened is they plugged the guitar into the amp and turned it up to eleven, and the selfish tune they had been playing the whole time suddenly became audible.”
― Decluttering Your Marriage
― Decluttering Your Marriage
“We parent in the present without thinking about the future. We usually deal with the problems at hand. Making it through an afternoon without wanting to send our children to an eight-year camp in Alaska seems like a huge accomplishment! But one goal of parenting is to keep an eye on the future. We are raising our children to be responsible adults.”
― Boundaries with Kids: When to Say Yes, How to Say No
― Boundaries with Kids: When to Say Yes, How to Say No
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