STRIVING FOR UNITY: Our Call to Put on Love
Client Testimony
As we move into the spring season of rebirth and are reminded of the resur- rection of our precious Savior, all of us here at Marriage Works! Ohio are praying for rebirth and renewed life in the relationships, marriages, and families of our clients and
This is the essence of counseling, and what we challenge our clients to strive for daily in their relationships. We push clients to look beyond the temptations and harmful thinking that would seek to drive them apart, and see the heart of their partner, and how they
We are thankful for the clients who take the time to come back and share with us how we have helped make a difference in their lives! One client who attended our Building a Eucharistic Marriage class shared, “I was reluctant to come to the class as I didn’t know what to expect. I liked the length of the sessions as they didn’t get overly long. They gave us options to work out things in ways we didn’t try before. It has resulted in us being able to have the best conversations with each other that we have had in years.”
communities. As follow- ers of Christ, we know that in order to pro- tect ourselves from spiritual warfare and temptation, we must put on the ar- mor of God. In the same way, to pro- tect our marriages, we must put on love. This may mean being more inten-
can better nourish them. This often
To protect our marriages, we must put on love.
requires sacrifice, which can come in many forms. Sacri- fice in marriage not only helps form a stronger unity, but it also creates an invalu- able picture of the unity we have with Christ through
tional with our time, going out of our way to serve our spouse, or even just focusing on better communicating our needs with our partner – while being increasingly receptive to theirs as well. Above all, remember that the impor- tance of these marriage “course cor- rections” is not in their magnitude or the grandness of a gesture, but rather in the amount of love put into them. And just like our Lord, we are called to look past the outward expression and towards the heart of our spouse behind it.
His sacrifice and builds the founda- tion for a strong family. Through our ministry, we don’t often get to see the harvest of the fruits of our labor; how- ever, when we challenge couples to make real changes that promote unity with each other, we hope that we have planted a seed that will grow for a life- time.
“Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.” - St. Teresa of Calcutta
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