Jay Eey

“Our spousal relationships are crafted for divine callings, with purposes not relegated to powerless acts of contrition or the monotony of a somewhat satisfactory union. Not for painted on smiles and fake-it-till-you-make-it-or-die happiness, but life-giving communion with our husbands. We can experience joy even on days when we miss wedded bliss. The Lord wants that for us. Any promise in Scripture, all hope-filled encouragement found in Christ's love, is designed for his daughters, to move us from strength to strength.1 Protected. Purposeful. Powerful. In God’s presence, we swap burdens for freedom.2 We join the repetitive exchange of fears for faith, doubt for belief, and insecurity for confidence until we have nothing to trade any longer. A fullness we can’t imagine.3”
― Jen Weaver, A Wife’s Secret to Happiness: Receiving, Honoring, and Celebrating God’s Role for You in Your Marriage

“The Lord’s presence changes my marriage, and I am a gatekeeper. I hold keys to offer him access not just to the ceremony on the first day but to the relationship for each day that comes after. No fiber of God’s Holy Being is passive. To include his strand in my relationship cord means I receive him as my Leader.”
― Jen Weaver, A Wife’s Secret to Happiness: Receiving, Honoring, and Celebrating God’s Role for You in Your Marriage

“Keeping the communication lines open also means praying. When discouragement attacks, you must be consistent in prayer. “Keep watching and praying,” Jesus said, “that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mark 14:38).”
― Kay Arthur, As Silver Refined: Learning to Embrace Life's Disappointments

“There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself…as if the good Lord had nothing to do but exist! There have been some who were so occupied in spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ. Man! Ye see it in smaller matters. Did ye never know a lover of books that with all his first editions and signed copies had lost the power to read them? Or an organiser of charities that had lost all love for the poor? It is the subtlest of all the snares.”
― C. S.Lewis, The Great Divorce