“We are in love now because we first learned how to sacrifice ourselves one to the other. We have learned to serve, to lay down our lives, to wash each other’s feet, so to speak. You don’t do those kinds of things year after year unless you are determined to love. Not in love, but determined to love.”
“Love–that comes second! First comes commitment, sacrifice. Then, and only then, comes true and lasting love. That is why my wife and I are now in love.”
“If you do nothing else, you must believe in him. A man needs that from his wife, more than anything.”
“Love has so many aspects, almost none of which a young couple getting married is aware of. I’m learning so many ways in which it’s different than what I thought it to be. You always think love is an emotion you feel toward another. And to now come to realize it’s not that at all but rather how you behave toward others–it’s quite an awakening, to say the least.”
“The front lines of life are exactly where healing must begin. When everything’s easy and there’s no trying of your faith, life takes no inner strength. When it’s all easy, you can manage yerself. But when things are tough, when ye are on the front lines, that’s when your true need shows itself.”
What book is this from? I must read it!
Thanks for those quotes ! They really are food for thought, especially for singles.
The last quote sounds like something Oswald Chamber has said. It just reads a little differently. ( :