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发帖数: 1191 | 1 Rocky Road by Barbara Rainey
We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who
love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. ROMANS 8:28
Many couples experience a season of disappointed love in their marriage
relationship. For our son Samuel and his wife, Stephanie, that season began
the day after the wedding.
Watching these two get married was one of the greatest delights of my life.
Their wedding day rivaled any fairy tale with their long-anticipated first
kiss at the altar, the Star Wars theme recessional music, and a horse-drawn
white-carriage ride around historic Franklin, Tennessee, in absolutely
perfect weather.
And then began what they call the "honeymoon from hell"—missing their plane
flight, a lost driver's license, no heat in their romantic hideaway, and
more. Over the next few months, they clashed over their expectations about
married life, their assumptions about their roles, and many other issues.
Although most of these flash points were mistakes and misunderstandings,
they still led to some raw feelings of grief and hurt. It was a long way
from the horse-drawn carriage ride on their wedding day!
I share this to remind you that disappointed love can occur at any point in
your marriage, even after times of peak romance and unusual oneness.
This season calls for a level of hard work that you never expected your
marriage to actually require. This is when you discover that the love you're
looking for can't be self-produced; it requires an understanding and
compassion that can come from God alone and a courageous commitment from
each spouse.
When love disappoints, as it does for all of us, don't give up. God allows
these times to bring us face to face with what we really value and to see
that we can only love well when we are depending on Him. Disappointed love
can be transformed by God into a deeper love that I call cherishing,
committed love. And that kind of love is far better than fairy-tale love.
DISCUSS
Are you able to talk openly about your seasons of marital disappointment?
Talk together about how you can share the burden of your disappointments.
PRAY
Pray for a courageous commitment to weather the inevitable hard times of
disappointed love. | h*******d
发帖数: 1191 | 2 对我很摸着的一点就是"love you'relooking for can't be self-produced; it
requires an understanding and compassion that can come from God alone and a
courageous commitment from each spouse."而最重要的前提就是commitment,婚姻就
是一个commitment,你不能轻易破坏.只有在信守commitment的前提下,当出现任何问题
的时候我们才会积极地想办法去面对去解决,并借着这样的经历更深地体会和理解神的
话语和神的爱. | o******e
发帖数: 750 | 3 作者老公的那个radio program真的不错。以前经常听。可惜现在太忙了，只有偶尔开
车在路上还能听到。。。 | h*******d
发帖数: 1191 | 4 哪个频道,我也想听听看
【在 o******e 的大作中提到】
: 作者老公的那个radio program真的不错。以前经常听。可惜现在太忙了，只有偶尔开
: 车在路上还能听到。。。
| o******e
发帖数: 750 | 5 是个local Christian radio station，稍微开远点就收不到了。不过可以网上听
FamilyLife Today with Dennis Rainey
http://www.familylife.com/audio
或者
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/familylife-today-dennis-rain
好像app也有 | h*******d
发帖数: 1191 | 6 谢谢,刚刚看了一下他们的简介信仰告白和内容,觉得很好,特别适合我们这些有家庭的人
【在 o******e 的大作中提到】
: 是个local Christian radio station，稍微开远点就收不到了。不过可以网上听
: FamilyLife Today with Dennis Rainey
: http://www.familylife.com/audio
: 或者
: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/familylife-today-dennis-rain
: 好像app也有
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