#John Broger

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The supreme challenge you will face in making Christ-honoring, biblical changes is dying to self.

John Broger

[cajon-desastre]

7x05- Singapore

In various comments on this episode, the general thought is that there is too much Broger, not enough JC, but the rest of the cast have liked

Which leads me to think that, although we really like that JC is the center of the story, and we always want more of them, if the rest of the cast does their job well, they are also enjoyed.

Unfortunately Broger is the weaker part of the story, especially in the show, and it's something we have to deal with. SS has improved a bit, although the pub scene seemed flat to me, none of that strong character that is so welcome in the books. And they're still a couple with zero chemistry, there's not much Richard can do with the scenes they have.

A balance between some characters and others would be welcome, instead of leaving the entire weight of an episode on this couple knowing the reactions and the mediocre work. Lots of domestic scenes (plus an attempt at a sexy moment that couldn't be less sexy) by Broger and just a few minutes of JC is not a good result.

P.S. I like John Bell as Young Ian more and more every day.

[yieldfruit]

The wisdom of this world deceptively teaches that believing in the inherent goodness of one’s “self” is foundational to a fulfilled life. However, this erroneous viewpoint overlooks the devastating results of Adam and Eve’s failure to obey God. Scripture teaches that a fulfilled life is not dependent of having a “good self-image” or a “higher self-esteem.” Instead, fulfillment in living depends on your relationship to God and a biblical response to the problem of “self.”

John Broger

[odessa-2]

The scene between young Ian and Rachael where something is dropped, they both kneel, touch hands and finally kiss. He’s going to ‘take her right there and then’. I laughed out loud! Who the fuck directed that?! A 13 year old could come up with something more original! Sam and Cait as producers hasn’t helped the historical soap opera vibe one bit! Oh and the Broger sex wasn’t an easy watch either! Eeww.

Broger sex scenes are a crime against humanity. Period. Fast forwarding is mandatory. I actually like Rik Rankin as Roger. THe problem is Sophie. And together they have negative chemistry. Yes I thought that part where Ian says that he would "take her right there" was too much and it felt disjointed but I have to admit, the episode was pretty good. John Bell always gives a solid performance. I know I said I wouldn't watch after a few shocking episodes of s7 but curiosity got the better of me 🙈

[jfarvin]

Ezekiel 36:26-27

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. The process of biblical change, explained in God's Word, begins when you repent of your sin and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. God has given you everything you need to make the changes in your life that will please Him and will lead to His blessings. As you continue to obey God's Word, biblical change toward maturity will occur in your life until you see Jesus face to face.- John C. Broger

[orarprasempre]

“Muitos conflitos no casamento resultam de viver para agradar a si mesmo em vez de viver para agradar ao Senhor. Esses conflitos podem ser resolvidos e são, na verdade, oportunidades de crescimento espiritual quando tratados de maneira bíblica”. —John C. Broger

[eclecticstarlightconnoisseur]

Just FINISHED "the Bees". No matter how I try Broger will never have the same vibe like Frasers has. MacKenzies are sooo BORING - at least for me!!! Not offence, but it is completly WASTING my time to read about them. And I skiped all chapters with William and John. Sorry, but I DON´T CARE about those two at all. Just the plot itself: how to keep John in Jamie´s live ... I can´t. I don´t have mood for Ian´s family either (too long chapters). LONG LIVE FRASERS - THEY are perfect!

Hello Anon,

I am so glad you finished Bees and shared your thoughts with me. It was a very long book.

I do respect and honor your opinion about the book and its characters. Everyone has the right to read the books and watch the show however they want to. It is your choice and decision.

I, however, read the book in its entirety for the simple reason that I believe that Outlander is a family saga in which Jamie and Claire are at the center. Everyone else revolves around them.

Jamie has always wanted a big family, and Claire didn’t know what family was until she met Jamie. As we all know, Jamie told Claire at Lallybroch that he wanted a big family, to fill the house with their children. But that was not to be. Instead, they created their own family. Fergus, an orphan. Marsali, while not an orphan or only child, moved away from her family. Speaking of Marsali, if you recall, Jamie tells Claire the reason he married Laoghaire was to have what he could have had with her, a family. So Marsali becomes his daughter.

Bree is an only child. Roger Mac is an only child. William was raised as an only child until he finds out about Bree. Young Ian was a runaway to live with his Uncle. What is the most important thing to Ian? To have a wife and children. A family. Then comes Fannie, an orphan, and briefly Agnes. Even Bluebell has become orphaned, if you will. Then there is Sylvia Hardman and her children. While not truly becoming part of the family, they do come under Jamie’s protection.

What I am taking a long time to say is that if someone needs a home, wants to be part of a family, then Jamie and Claire open their arms. I don’t recall anyone being turned away. And if they become significant to Jamie and Claire, then they are important to me to read about.

I do agree that sometimes the storyline drags. That is not the fault of the character. But each character lends something important to the story.

What I did like especially in Bees was the development of Roger Mac’s character. I think he has become much stronger and has accepted that time as his place. And he is embracing his relationship with Jamie. Jamie admits he missed Roger Mac when he was gone.

I am now on my second read-through. I always feel that I missed a lot the first time.

Long Live The Frasers.

[notesonfilm1]

A film noir travelogue, part of the runway production of the 50s but in minor key, black and white but cinemascope, American stars on the way down (Victor Mature), European stars on the way up (Anita Ekberg) with local stars in key roles: Trevor Howard is the villanous dope smuggler, insouciant, heartless, a prefiguring of Bond but accenting the seamy, the sordid, the dark. Sid James makes an appearance, and an impression, as the barman of a junkie hot-spot.

  The film has a great opening shot which plays over the credits of a car going through Manhattan´s downtown and into Times Square. It´s my favourite sequence in the film, and is so good the Arrow Academy blu-ray shows it to you again, without the titles super-imposed. It´s just a travelling, shot from within a moving car, but it shows the huge theatres of the time, the Astor, the Capitol and so on, with the huge electronic marquees showing the big attractions of the era (Judy Holliday in The Solid Gold Cadillac, mixed in with Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner in The Mountain, and Elvis Presley and Debra Paget, plus films like Teenage Rebel and so on) in twinkling lights at night.

  Low-key lighting:

The film itself is a pulpy noir with great atmospheric low-key lighting as you can see below. Victor Mature is Charles Sturgis, a New York Cop. His sister has been killed and in order to find the killer, he goes to London and joins forces with Interpol. Clues lead him to follow Gina Broger (Anita Ekberg) who eventually leads him to Frank McNally (Trevor Howard)

  Glamorous locations (New York, London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples, Athens):

Via chasing the dope-fiend we get to experience some of the great captials of Europe, shot on location, and pre-figuring some of the work producer Albert Broccoli would go on to do with the Bond series.

  Compositions:

  Director John Gilling has a good eye for compositions (see below) and there is much of interest visually in the film. However, whilst it´s always interesting, it also feels not fully realised, as if the compositions don´t convey enough about characterisation or drama and fulfil only the role atmospherics that catch the eye.

Set-pieces:

  Again, pre-figuring Bond but on a smaller scale are some of the action set-pieces in the film, as you can see below, action sequences over the rooftops of London, the docks of New York, interestingly visualised by having to run over barrels or being lifted up by cranes.

  A fascinating noir, interesting for all the reasons mentioned above and more, but not quite one of the best: Victor Mature looks like he´s been shagging all night, bored and half-asleep, rousing energy only when it´s time to hit someone. Anita Ekberg looks extraordinary but is only used for her looks. Trevor Howard looks much older than his years, a thought quickly erased by the vivd performance he ends up giving. Gillings shot everything slightly wonking, which I¨m sure is meant to have an expressive effect but ends up also being irritating. And the treatment never rises above the pulpiness o its material, both a weakness and a strength.

  JA

  A note on Pickup Alley (John Gilling, UK, 1957) A film noir travelogue, part of the runway production of the 50s but in minor key, black and white but cinemascope, American stars on the way down (Victor Mature), European stars on the way up (Anita Ekberg) with local stars in key roles: Trevor Howard is the villanous dope smuggler, insouciant, heartless, a prefiguring of Bond but accenting the seamy, the sordid, the dark.

[tzaharasykes]

Finished watching outlander s4 ....God I fucking wanted roger to die god I hate this Guy to guts and his romance with Brianna is pure shit and so ducking shallow like they’re trying to sell this manipulative relationship to us like it’s a perfect romance ??? Like Lmao why did I get more dog head x Brianna than the main romance of the show?? I had to pass all the neiger moment because it made me so uncomfortable god I have to rewatch Jammie beat the shit out of roger to calm myself😶😶

Oh god I’m gonna go off...

I don’t hate Roger too much right now (that is until he opens his mouth and says something utterly stupid again), and in fact, I do really like him by himself when he’s nowhere near Brianna. I totally agree with the Broger thing though like...why the fuck did the season that was supposed to be about Brianna reuniting with her family become all about her stupid obsession with Roger? Why did everyone have to go through SOOOO much trouble for Broger’s stupid asses? Why did the season turn into THEIR season, rather than continuing the story of Outlander--which is of Jamie and Claire? 

You hate Roger so much, well that’s great because I really can’t stand Bree. Besides that one moment of trauma, she spends the entire rest of the season bitching, whining, crying, and sitting on her pregnant ass in COMFORT, looking all pretty and dressed up in a big house as the slaves take care of her, getting Lord John Grey to do shit HER way, all while she obsesses over her precious Roger. Not her parents who she traveled back 200 years in the past for in the first place and were going through hell trying to get Roger back for HER. Not Ian who fucking SOLD himself for HER happiness (I bet she didn’t give a shit about that, after all, she did punch him in the face for no good reason). And when her parents came back, she was hardly happy to see them because Roger wasn’t with them. 

Was I supposed to root for this girl? Because I really ended up, well, NOT doing that. 

And I feel like the fact that “bree” means “a disturbance” in Gaelic really says something. Because it ended up being fucking true! Like, don’t even get me started on that!

Lastly, Bree and Roger getting back together was so fucking stupid. Especially since neither of them asked the other how they were doing after all this time apart, and knowing what the other went through. They just went straight to making out like...I was wondering whether Bree would ask the love of her life if he was ok?? Because he literally spent months of torture with the Mohawk? But she doesn’t care about any of that. She just cares that she finally got what she wanted. 

Same with Roger. His reaction in hearing about Bonnet was less than satisfying to me. I wish he had just gone back through the stones. He would have been better off.

Idk why tv shows always promote on-and-off couples with opposite ideals (meaning ‘traditional’ vs ‘progressive’ beliefs) because it usually ends up forced and/or shitty, not to mention abusive, toxic, and stupid for obvious reasons. But of course, we are expected to believe Broger is true love. Just throw a bunch of drama and fighting at them for literal drama’s sake, and then have them making out and shouting “I love you’s” because, again, they’re MEANT TO BE and that just solves everything, doesn’t it?

Oh, wait. It fucking doesn’t. 

What a waste of a season.

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

"Anger and bitterness are two noticeable signs of being focused on self and not trusting God’s sovereignty in your life. When you believe that God causes all things to work together for good to those who belong to Him and love Him, you can respond to trials with joy instead of anger or bitterness." - John Broger

[thewingedwolf]

Brianna entering a marriage of convenience with soft, sweet, bitchy, and witty Lord John who desperately wants to bang her dad and is raising her bastard half brother is like. Objectively more dramatic, funnier, and appealing than Brianna getting with Broger Flakefield

[yieldfruit]

When you live to please yourself, circumstances that God designs to teach you to trust and obey Him instead become temptations for you to fear and worry.

John Broger

[shitrekkers]

Walk 265: Cooks Nose 12/7/2020 Braving the forecast rain we walked again in beautiful weather down  the Cooks Nose Track with a little diversion to see Broger Creek a bit above our usual lookout . This part of the country wasn't burnt and as a result we couldn't see much but we could clearly hear the creek below. As always the view into the Broger valley from Cooks Nose was lovely and it was hard to get up and get moving again.  The pace home was fierce - set by one of our first timers who clearly likes the idea of going home more that the heading out - although she claimed it was just Cardio ... A good turn out - Mark, John, Leonie, Ken and Fran, Leeonie and Andre who brought Roxanne and Peyton with him for the first time considerably lowering the average age of the group. Hopefully, they will return.

[margsld]

Outlander Epi 3.04 Recap

Of Lost Things you think quite a bit about.

Toni Graphia wrote this highly anticipated episode - it's the favourite thus far of the original author, Diana Gabaldon.  Again, this season is cramming a lot of details from the book and the additions and deletions are mostly good (don't get me started on Cheating Frank). It's bothering me a little that it jumps between times so often and making me OCD with my screencaps. Hold on tight. We are going on a bumpy ride.

Scotland 1968. Claire is still in Inverness hunting down her highland ginger biscuit like a Wight looking for Jon Snow.  Bree and Roger are using it as a chance to flirt at every opportunity *ah young love.... as finding your loved one’s secret loved one is like adopting a puppy together. It takes commitment.

Fiona is not letting Bree get in the way of her giving Roger a coronary and stops by the researchers, to nourish them with her baked goods.  We all want a Fiona Roger, you ungrateful oaf.

Claire pops up from the table shouting ‘Ginger Bingo’ (or is that 'Gingo'?) and shows them a list of Prisoner names from Ardsmuir. They are off again but it soon becomes a dead end.  They head to Edinburgh for a last laugh, take the time to stir up the locals with their outrageous womanhood etc & to look at some mouldy ship logs as prisoners were usually transported to the Colonies. They should have asked Jamie's Ardsmuir cell mate for help.

 It’s 1756 in Helwater, England. Jamie is living tough with a new name (Alex McKenzie) and with the Dunsaneys.  He’s sulking because they won’t let him grow his hair longer than his shoulders but that mop will not be ruled. Lord Dunsaney has a quick word on their arrival back from a holiday in Italy, Molto Benne! He knows who Big Red is and suggests keeping it from his wife.  I think it’s a ploy to keep the Hot Scot away from his wife for other reasons. *wink wink nudge

Roger has faked a broken down car just so he can see what other skills Bree has up her sleeve.  After some Scottish boy noises, Bree takes over the mechanic-ing and spots the trouble straight away.  Silly boy look, Rog. It was that sneaky distributor cap going all loose and now so was Roger’s feelings. Awwww. So romantic.

Geneva Dunsaney wakes and the devil says ‘Oh crap, she’s up’ as does half the Helwater staff. The stablehands draw short-straws to see which poor sod will be her ‘escort’ during her leisurely gallop in the woods.  Jamie cops abuse from her and dutifully bites his tongue.  Geneva’s exit is her sister Isobel’s cue to arrive just as Jamie is fantasising about kicking Geneva’s arse.  She’d like a ticket to that event and front row please.  Isobel is crushing on Jamie’s Chess buddy, Lord John Grey and naturally finds it appropriate to share this with Jamie.  She is only human. Jamie is a lady whisperer.

Claire gets a call from her surgeon buddy Joe Abernethy.  He’s sick of doing her workload and asks when she’ll be back in Boston instead of flunking around Scotland’s dusty Archives.  Claire isn’t sure but encourages Joe to operate on her fave patient as a treat.

Helwater, 1757.  The stablehands have all rallied and found Geneva a husband.  They party for days.  Mr Groom-to-be is that old that Geneva is stoicly trying not to vomit as he kisses her hand in farewell. They are to be married soon. Ick.

Geneva now has Jamie in her sights.  She's like a sailor looking for land after being at sea for 27 months.  She forces him to escort her on her daily horse ride and quickly puts the 'Bitch' in 'Bitch'.  Jamie trieds to stand his ground but dang, she looks like Claire, no? Plus, lady whisperer.....  Geneva is a brat and races her horse ahead, all the while laughing like a woman with a screw loose. Shortly after, Jamie hears her scream.  He finds her unconscience on the ground and goes to help.  He picks her up and she becomes animated again, laughing at her having tricked him.  Disgusted, Big, Grumpy Red promptly dumps her face first, into a big slushy mud puddle and we all cheer like it’s a Queensland win at State of Origin. Geneva is a bit nuts though and embraces her impromptu mud mask.  Chick logic. Life gives you lemons, you make a facial out of it, right, Ladies?

The handsomest redcoat in history, Lord John Grey, is visiting from London and we find them playing Chess in the Helwater gardens with Jamie.  Who knew chess was an outdoor sport? Lord John swells with pride that Jamie’s report card is in and it’s glowing.  Yayyy!  *high fives.  They are soon interrupted by Isobel, Hal (John's big bro), Hal’s ego and Geneva aka Mega Beyotch.  After introductions are made, it’s clear to Gen-baby that Hal knows Alex McKenzie and not just from his horsey-skills. She's a moth to the flame that one.  Of course it doesn't help when Alex aka Jamie aka can't this guy settle on one name, doesn't stop looking at his feet. Suspicious factor 50+.

Just a few days before the big nuptuals take place Geneva corners Alex and threatens to reveal his true identity to her mother, ensuring Jamie gets another stretch in HMS Ratfarm.  To keep his secret, she demands he takes her maiden-head so that Lord Crusty McEllesmere doesn’t have that privilege.  He tries to reason with her but she’s seen his backside in breeks and well Duh. 

Jamie’s sex class has attracted one eager student.  Professor Tight Breeks arrives and without hesitation performs Magic Mike’s striptease with the flair of a dead frog. That bum though is fiiiiiine!  He tries to turn her off the job at hand *cough by showing her his back scars but she’s impervious.  She’s seen that fuzzy butt peach for real and there is no letting this opportunity go.  He’s patient and she’s nervous and for the first time we see her vulnerable side and her nipples.  Jamie softens to her (no not that kind, he’s Scottish af) and starts to enjoy himself too.  Good class, sir. Good class. I reckon that's the best wedding gift she'll get.

Condoms didn’t exist in 1757 so when Geneva next visits Helwater about 7 months into her marriage, it’s very obvious that the father of her bulging waistline is Jamie.  He nearly has a conniption at the sight of her but keeps his cool because he’s Fraser. Jamie Fraser. Carry on, old chap.

Roger and Bree, kissing in a tree manse, K>I>S>S>I>N>G 

Bree & Roger are discussing giving up the search for Jamie.  Roger says feelings and so Bree grabs Professor Brown-Beard and smacks one on him. *Woot woot. He doesn’t want her to go back to Boston. #Broger

Nothings ever rosy for long in TV land and we find ourselves scurrying with Jamie to Ellesmere Estate.  There is some big emergency with Geneva.  She has gone into labour and all is not well. So of course a stable dude is just what she needs.  When they arrive, Lord Crusty McTightjocks has started chucking his toys out of the cot.  He has finally realised that Geneva was not a virgin when they married. Seriously? It took him a whole pregnancy to work out he’d forgotten to tap that?  *smacks forehead  Along with his toys, he threatens to kill the baby and Jamie arrives just in time to save the day by shooting Ellesmere, D.E.I.D.  Noone knows how the baby survived the fall to the floor because we all just cried as Jamie was seeing his son for the first time.  Awwww.  Blood gushing nearby, nope, don't see it.  Awwww, baby blinked at daddy.

The coroner found that Ellesmere died from severe arse-holeness and we all moved on.  Well, he really ruled it as misadventure, due to stress.  The stress of receiving a bullet at high speed probably. Just guessing.  Lady Dunsaney thinks Jamie is pretty HAWT now.  He saved her grandson and so he’s earned his ticket back to Sunny Scotland. Jamie chooses to stay though as he's wanting to see how this fathering business turns out.  He tells Mrs D that Scotland sux right now so he’s going to hang aboot in H-water for a bit longer, thanks.  PS>When’s payday?

Teaching your secret son to ride a horse like a boss is Jamie’s new hobby.  Wee Willie is starting to resemble his daddy though and even though he lacks the flaming red hair, it’s the cock of his head and the way he rolls his R’s that is starting to cause suspicion.  Even the neighbours are onto it.  Jamie realises it’s time to go before people put two and two together so Sayonara English bitches.

Lord John arrives at Helwater just as Jamie is about to leave.  Jamie asks him a favour; Would he look after Willie in his absence and in return LJG can have the use of his peachy playground.  When Lord John comes back down to earth from shock, he announces he’s to marry Isobel Dunsaney and raise Willie as his own anyway.  Jamie is pleased that all seems to be working out.  What's with the handshake here?  In the book it was a kiss and I wanted to see that. Tsk.Tsk. At least give the man a big hug....

Willie is distraught at Mac leaving and goes to visit him in his room.  PS. The security and supervision is terrible in this house, it’s a wonder anyone is alive.  He interrupts Jamie lighting Stinking Papist candles and wants to join his fire party.  Jamie explains he’s lighting them to remember all the people he’s missing or has lost, including his Wife.  He gives Wee Willie McCutey a hand-carved snake with his name on it to remember Mac by.  He wants to give Mac something in return so he'll remember Willie too but *sob Big Red will never forget *sob him *sob.

Things get a bit blurry here and tear ducts need to recover.  When it comes to saying goodbye we parallel bounce between times.Bree and Claire are also giving up the search and heading home to Boston while Jamie is leaving Helwater for Lallybroch.  Pause.  Just pause here.  Can't we have two more episodes with wee Willie?  No?  *grunts 

 Can we just have one happy ending ffs?  Is it Monday yet?

The End.

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"Sins such as envy, jealousy, covetousness, and greed very markedly REVEAL A FOCUS ON SELF. Instead you are to please God and bless others BY PRACTICING BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP WHICH IS TO CARE FOR and GIVE OF the physical and spiritual resources that God has provided for you." ~ John C. Broger

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21 Christian Marriage Quotes Sure to Strengthen Your Relationship Today

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21 Christian Marriage Quotes Sure to Strengthen Your Relationship Today

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Whether you’ve been married for fifty years or fifty minutes, any couple will tell you that marriage can sometimes be hard. Sure, we all want to live the fairytale romance of our favorite rom-coms or Pinterest boards, but that’s just not the reality of things.

Marriage is not ultimately for us, but for the Lord. And anyone who’s ever walked with Jesus knows just how much of a target you become when your lives are rooted in faith.

Mark 10:9 says, “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” But that command is a lot easier said than done.

If Satan wants to break you, he’ll first start by attacking your marriage. Divorce isn’t the only form of separation in this world. In fact, even the smallest cracks in your marriage can pave the way for a gaping hole, which might as well have a welcome mat waiting for the enemy to sneak in.

Don’t let the world and Satan’s schemes overcome the sanctification of marriage. Through mountains and valleys, these marriage quotes remain true of a healthy, Christ-like, Christian marriage.

Here are 21 Christian Marriage Quotes that are sure to strengthen your relationship today.

1. “Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.” —Tim Keller

2. “When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.” —C.S. Lewis

3. “The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.” —John Selden

4. “In sharp contrast with our culture, the Bible teaches that the essence of marriage is a sacrificial commitment to the good of the other. That means that love is more fundamentally action than emotion.” —Tim Keller

5. “We are here to love. Not much else matters.” —Francis Chan

6. “God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.”  —Max Lucado 

7. “As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.” —Thomas Adams

8. “Many conflicts in a marriage result from living to please self instead of living to please the Lord. These conflicts can be resolved and are actually opportunities for spiritual growth when dealt with in a biblical manner.” —John C. Broger

9. “Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.” —Zig Ziglar 

10. “The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility… Is my wife more like Christ because she is married to me? Or is she like Christ in spite of me? Has she shrunk from His likeness because of me? Do I sanctify her or hold her back? Is she a better woman because she is married to me?” —R. Kent Hughes

11. “In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.” —C.S. Lewis

12. “There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or company, than a good marriage.” —Martin Luther

13. “We [should not] make the mistake of thinking that marriage will provide the ultimate satisfaction for which we all hunger. To assume so would be to be guilty of blasphemy. Only God satisfies the hungry heart. Marriage is but one of the channels He uses to enable us to taste how deeply satisfying His thirst-quenching grace can be.” —Sinclair B. Ferguson

14. “Love means loving the unlovable—or it is no virtue at all.” —G.K. Chesterton

15. “A man doesn’t own his marriage; he is only the steward of his wife’s love.” —Ed Cole

16. “Staying married, therefore, is not mainly about staying in love. It is about keeping covenant. “Till death do us part” or “As long as we both shall live” is a sacred covenant promise—the same kind Jesus made with His bride when He died for her.” —John Piper

17. “A good wife is heaven’s last, best gift to man,—his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safety, her industry his surest wealth, her economy his safest steward, her lips his faithful counsellors, her bosom the softest pillow of his cares.” —Jeremy Taylor

18. “When a man and a woman give themselves to each other in an act of marital love, they can know the love of Christ as no one else can know it.” —J. Vernon McGee

19. “It often happens that when couples give their relationship to God straightened out, their relationships with one another begin to straighten out as well.” —Wayne Mack

20. “Since the marriage relationship is to reflect the relationship between Jesus Christ and His Church, it is imperative that biblical submission and love be practiced in all of its aspects between husband and wife.” —John C. Broger

21. “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” —G.K. Chesterton

As 1 Corinthians 13 so famously states, “let all that you do be done in love.” May these Christian marriage quotes be just what you need to strengthen your relationship and continue running faithfully in pursuit of God today.

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