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...marriage is foremost a vocation. Two people are called together to fulfill a mission that God has given them. Marriage is a spiritual reality. That is to say, a man and a woman come together for life, not just because they experience deep love for each other, but because they believe that God loves each of them with an infinite love and has called them to each other to be living witnesses of that love. To love is to embody God's infinite love in a faithful communion with another human being. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#marriage #experience

It's faith that will take you through and determination that will drive you. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#drive #encouragement #faith #inspiational #life

But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattention to grant an illicit mercy. God...is an Anglican, whereas Our Lady is of the True Faith; the two of Them have an uneasy relationship, unable to agree on anything, except that if They divorce, the Devil will leap gleefully into the breach. ↗

— Michel Faber

#faith #marriage #miracles #religion #faith

God uses people to help others. I only pray my faith is strong enough to get me through what I have to face. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson Taylor

#inspirational-quotes #faith

What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#god #grace #humor #love #marriage

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#encouragement #faith #hope #joy #prayer

there are many blanks left in the weeks of courtship, which a loving faith fills with happy assurance. ↗

— George Eliot

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I was angry at God until I came to understand that it isn't God's fault when people mistreat me. I still have my doubts at times, but I try to remember that God has given them the same free will that He's given me. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson Taylor

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Ann: I feel like I should read verses and be comforted. But it doesn’t happen. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#miscarriage #trials #faith

We expect our spouses to fill voids in our lives or hearts that only God can fill. Unmet expectations reduce a journey expected to be amazing to ordinary. Unmet expectations breed hurt feelings, misunderstanding, and unresolved conflict. ↗

— Justin Davis

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