Tonight we started Tripp's book, What Did You Expect? in our GC group. So, this will be the third time I'll be reading it. Guess God thinks I need what this book says... :) Here's one of many great excerpts found in the first chapter:
You both bring something into your marriage that is destructive to what a marriage needs and must do. That thing is called sin...If you minimize the heart struggle that both of you have carried into your marriage, here's what will happen: you will tend to turn moments of ministry into moments of anger. When your ears hear and your eyes see the sin, weakness, or failure of your husband or wife, it is never an accident; it is always grace. God loves your spouse, and he is committed to transforming him or her by his grace, and he has chosen you to be one of his regular tools of change. So, he will cause you to see, hear, and experience your spouse's need for change so that you can be an agent of his rescue.
You both bring something into your marriage that is destructive to what a marriage needs and must do. That thing is called sin...If you minimize the heart struggle that both of you have carried into your marriage, here's what will happen: you will tend to turn moments of ministry into moments of anger. When your ears hear and your eyes see the sin, weakness, or failure of your husband or wife, it is never an accident; it is always grace. God loves your spouse, and he is committed to transforming him or her by his grace, and he has chosen you to be one of his regular tools of change. So, he will cause you to see, hear, and experience your spouse's need for change so that you can be an agent of his rescue.
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