On Marriage, from Francis Chan
I recently acquired Francis Chan's You and Me Forever: Marriage in light of Eternity and have enjoyed the intro and first chapter so far. Here are a couple SOLID excerpts, with which I completely agree: "Eternal-mindedness keeps us from silly arguments. There's no time to fight. We have better things to pursue than our interests. Too much is at stake! God created us for a purpose. We can't afford to waste our lives. We can't afford to waste our marriage by merely pursuing our own happiness... ...we have grieved as we watched couples pursue happiness while neglecting their mission on earth... I can't tell you how many times we agonized for those who were missing out on God's blessing and His intent for marriage.... We are sad for the hurting couples; it breaks our hearts, actually. But we are even more brokenhearted about the effect it has on the Kingdom. We are sad because godly marriages magnify God's ingenious creation, but few marriages radiate t...