I Have a Motive Here
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing...Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away...And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Some of the points I'm trying to make with my story are to give hope, to encourage, to strengthen, and to point people in the direction of God's restorative truth.
I've shared quite a bit of our painful journey so far. I've connected with many people who have expressed their thankfulness to know that someone else has gone through similar things and experienced healing and redemption in their marriage.
I've made personal phone calls to various readers, connecting them with Christian marriage counselors.
I've written many emails to readers who were thankful that I took the time to speak with them and to pray for them.
While I do want your marriage to heal, and for you to see the power of forgiveness, it would be useless if I did so without love.
I'm not telling you this in a boastful way. I'm telling you in order to make a point.
Everything my wife and I have done with this blog and with all of the connections we've made in order to support and to encourage, would be meaningless if we did not have love.
I'm not telling you this in a boastful way. I'm telling you in order to make a point.
Everything my wife and I have done with this blog and with all of the connections we've made in order to support and to encourage, would be meaningless if we did not have love.
The underlying purpose behind everything we do here is because we love you.
I want you to hear and to absorb that right now. I love you. My wife loves you. We don't know you, but we understand and feel the heartache you've experienced. We don't want you to walk this journey alone.
