The way to an ordinary marriage is the path of least resistance. If you want an extraordinary marriage, you will have to choose it.

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.

It is the small, mundane choices we make every day that cause the biggest difference

We can't out-dream our Creator when it comes to our marriages

If you want to change the climate of your marriage immediately, start praying for your spouse

Jesus tells Peter to forgive seventy times seven times, not because the person we forgive will it that many times, but because resentment can have such a grip on our hearts that we need to forgive that often for our own healing.

Maybe the best thing we can do for our spouses is give them permission to forgive themselves.