The Dominion of Submission

The church does not understand its relationship to Jesus until it understands the marriage commitment. It involves living through pain, committing to stay, learning to yield and to serve, and seeing beyond the imperfect. It involves answering the call to grow up and stop supposing that abundant life means personal convenience. The avoidance or escape from problems, the absence of trial, or the instant fulfillment of every desire and wish. True abundance is in grace that learns graciousness, love that leans to die, faith that learns to wait, and trust that God can do all things”