God keeps his promises. Shouldn’t God’s promise-keeping inspire yours? People can exhaust you. There are times when all we can do is not enough. When a spouse chooses to leave, we can’t force him or her to stay. And you’re tired, you’re angry, you’re disappointed. This isn’t the marriage you expected or the life you wanted. But looming in your past is a promise you made. Whatever that is, may I urge you to do all you can to keep it? To give it one more try? Why should you? So you can understand the depth of God’s love.

You see, when you love the unloving, you get a glimpse of what God does every day for you and me. When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment. Pay attention. Take notes on your struggles. God invites you to understand his love by loving others the way he does.

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