Marriage requires a radical commitment to love our spouses as they are, while longing for them to be what they are not yet. Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another's glory or toward degrading each other.

Dan B. Allender
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This statement by St. Thomas Aquinas is a great reminder that, for marriage to work, spouses have to be willing to love and work with each other’s imperfections. The goal is not to achieve perfection but to learn from each other’s strengths and weaknesses. If we only truly love our spouses when they are perfect, we will never grow as individuals and as a couple.

Source: Intimate Allies

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