Daily Devotion

“If the purpose of marriage is simply to make me happy and enjoy an infatuation ..., then I'd have to get a new marriage every two or three years. But if I really wanted to see God transform me from the inside out, I'd need to concentrate on changing myself rather than on changing my spouse.”

Gary Thomas · Sacred Marriage (Zondervan, rev. ed. 2015), ch. 2 "Romanticism's Ruse," p. 24

Scripture

1 Corinthians 13:7-8 Love never fails, it bears all things, it believes all things, it hopes all things, it endures all things.

Reflection

Marriage isn't about the perfect union of two people, but about two imperfect people finding their way together in God's love. True love isn't about passion, but about choice—a willingness to trust in the face of misunderstanding, to endure when we're tired, and to never give up despite the storm. Because God's love never ceases, we too can learn to love in Him.