Couples
get married believing they will live happily forever. When fantasy collides
with reality, disillusionment can lead to despair. Disillusionment is created
by failing to know and correctly understand another person. Couples ignore differences
in each other's belief systems and personalities so that negotiating real differences
will be based solely on each other's integrity and willingness to change to
save the relationship.
The first wife of the architect Frank
Lloyd Wright as well as his six children
gave up on him because he was unavailable, unengaged, and aloof. He had
a type of resilience and hardness of character that made it impossible for him
to be warm, loving, and involved as a father and husband.
Peter had a presumptuousness that had
to be confronted. Jesus asked him: "Are
you more than a friend? Do you love me unconditionally? Are you willing to step
outside of your protective walls so you can love me completely?" Will you
let Jesus choose you for his service?
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