Pastor Mark Driscolls explains that people don’t “fall out of love”.
Some of you will say, “Well, I just don’t have love for them. We’ve fallen out of love.” First John 4 says repeatedly, quote, “God is love.” You know what that means? Love doesn’t begin with us. It begins with him. Love doesn’t emanate from us. It emanates from Him.
The love that we can have for our spouse is a divine love. It’s a supernatural love. It’s a grace-oriented love from God, because, though sinners, God loves us. And even if our spouse is in sin, or we’re in sin, God has love for them through us, and God has love for us through them, and it’s the love of God through us.
Rather, pray, “By the power of the Holy Spirit, through the love that God gives me, I commit to being your friend” and see what God does in their heart.
Hi Steve, this “your spouse is not your enemy” is right on the money, only the power of Christ’s cross can turn our feelings about “enemies” into love for a friend. Blessings., John Y
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