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    Before Starting Over, Try This …

    By Jeremy | February 6, 2007

    This morning two marriage "experts" on the Today Show were discussing how to overcome the staggering odds (50% of first, 60% of second, and 70% of third marriages end in divorce) of marital failure. Ironically, watching them -- one man, one woman -- bicker back and forth in disagreement with the other's recommendations reminded America just how difficult union really is. When I got to work, I noticed a book called Making Marriage Work by Joyce Meyer, and one of the chapter titles caught my eye: "Before Starting Over, Try This..." She begins with a familiar passage of scripture:
    "Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. "And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:6-7 (Amplified Bible)
    Why is it that the basics are often the hardest things to do?

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