"Love and Marriage"

"Love and Marriage"

by: Francis J. kong

One time a girl innocently said: "My Pastor said we could have 16 husbands.

The second girl was shocked and said; "Are you sure about that? "

The first girl said: "Why, yes. at the last wedding at the church i heard him say, "Four better,Four worse,Four richer,Four poorer! Add all those four's together and you can get sixteen! (Clever, but with a hidden agenda.)

Many marriages today break up. Sad, but what happened to happy?

Somebody says: All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterwards that causes all the trouble.

A couple was having a discussion on family finances.

Finally the husband explode, " If it weren't for my money, the house wouldn't be here!"

His wife replied, " My dear, if it weren't for your money, I wouldn't be here."

Tragic, Isn't it?

Another story:

A very elderly woman showed up at St. Peter's desk in front of the Pearly Gates. (You have to know, ofcourse, that this is just a story and theologically unsound).

"Elizabeth," St. Peter said. "If you can pass a simple spelling test, you can enter heaven. Just spell the word Love."

"L-O-V-E," the woman said.

"Thats right, welcome to heaven."

A few weeks later, St Peter called Elizabeth and asked if she would man his desk at the Pearly Gates while he was off on business. She said she would. Who show up first, but her husband, Henry, desiring entry into heaven.

" You know, Elizabeth, I didn't really expect to make it this close to Heaven with the kind of foolishness I pulled on earth. I have not been faithful to you because I have fooled around with so many women while we were on planet earth. " Henry said. "Dear Elizabeth, in our 50 years together you took care of me when i was sick, sobered me up when I had one too many and were always so forgiving. Now we can be together for eternity."

"Yes, dear, if you pass a simple spelling test, we can be together for eternity," she replied.

" Just spell Czechoslovakia."

"Oh...oh...!"

So many marriages fail today.

So many become casualties.

Kids talk about their biggest success and biggest failure in life.

Many kids feel that they failed in life because their parents broke up. And they seem to blame themselves for what happened to their parents.

If only parents would know how selfish they could be, and that every time their marriages fall apart It's the children who get hurt in the process.

Do you want to have a winning recipe for a successful marriage?

There are many different versions of this popular recipe. Here is one that just might work for everyone.

Start with two stable people, one pound of love and a gallon of commitment.Then add one cup of each: trust, communication, respect, and patience. Mix well and remove any traces of temper, selfishness, and criticism.

Now add 3 tablespoon of pure extract of sincere apology, one cup of cooperation, one cup of encouragement, and one cup of consideration.

Place in a home. Make sure to allow room for children and pets.

Season lightly with a dash of in-laws. Sweeten with memories, shared activities, laughter, and tokens of affection.

Serve with faith and devotion, and enjoy!

And dig this. It takes two whole persons to make a good marriage. And a person can only be whole when he is submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Protect your marriage and don't just expect your marriage to work. Work on your marriage. Only then can it become one of the most satisfying experiences you could ever enjoy here on planet earth.

And if you don't take good care of your marriage, may I suggest you start learning how to spell the word 'Czechoslovakia'.

"I DO," is the longest sentence....

"Love Quotes"Part II

"Love Quotes"

Part II

• If one star will fall everytime i miss you, the sky would be empty by now... so if ever there will be no more stars tonight, its all your fault... you make me miss you so much.
• We don't look for love... because its lonely to be watching movies alone... because its sad to eat meals on your own... because its nice to cuddle up with someone on rainy days... we look for love because we want to be accepted, for a sloppy way we dress, for clumsy way we eat our meals, for bad hair days and for the simplicity in us...Love is an act of acceptance, that with all our imperfections, we are welcomed and accepted.
• The rain reminds me of him... how cold he is, how gloomy he made me feel, how much tears i shed for him, how much damage he caused and how stupid i am... for wanting rain...
• I have never showed how special you are to me but if you'd let me, I'll hug you tight and show everybody, that the one i love most... is right in my arms.
• The strong became weak, the genius became stupid, the brave became coward...it happens because of one thing! "They fall in love".
• We love coz even though we know it might not last, we atleast know that once upon a time, we loved deeply enough to be willing to risk everything in our lives... coz in the end, it doesn't really matter anymore how long it last when you remember how good it was...
• "I hate you and then i love you, its like i want to throw you off a cliff... then rush to the bottom to catch you" The sad Irony of being In Love
• Accounting of LOVE!
  - Loves like an intangible asset... it doesn't have physical Characteristics...
  - Love is like a frozen asset ... it cannot be converted in cash... - Love is like property ,plant and equipment... it is not intended for sale... - Love is like a wishing asset... it is not replaceable. - and most of all, love is like a partnership... when your partner quits, everything is dissolved.
• " Try loving someone you've loved before and you'll realize that it will either lead to the same thing that happened before or something better... not hard huh? but not try loving someone who doesn't love you back? Its either you see yourself giving up or dying daily..."
• "The perfect partner is someone who can be anywhere in the world but chooses to be with you because he/she thinks anything could be better with you".
• A heart stops beating when it dies. But love doesn't end permanently. when we feel that love has died, it hasn't and it will not. It only closes its eyes into a deep slumber that will one day be awakened by someone who holds another key to our hearts...
• Love someone and be happy about it, even if you know it cannot last forever. its not about having someone nor owning a relationship. but its about being happy because your in love; there are purposes and meanings behind all events and these develop us as a person and as a lover. whatever relationship you have in your life now, is precisely the one you need at the moment, Don't pressure yourself with fear of losing someone. Instead, while you can make the most out of what you have.
• If you love someone you have to give the best, do the right thing ,but the best way to an ever lasting relationship comes from two words... DON'T LIE...
• Love is much like a tattoo. you take the risk, face pain, and yet place it in a special part of you and when time comes that you need to erase it, you have to endure yet another pain and realize that it will forever live a scar- a scar that will always remind you that you had a tattoo that for sometime, symbolized something so special.
• I may be gone for a day , for a month, for a year but i'll always be the same. I may not be able to say good am, good pm, good night but i'll never say goodbye to a person i love.
• Love may take long but it will always take you to where you belong... just hold on and enjoy the journey... no need to hurry coz your heart will know... when its finally home.
• Love is like a message on your celfone you can save it for a while ,even save it there forever, but once you delete it, you cannot bring it back, the date, the time, the love especially the sender...
• I apologized for the times i fail to mail you, to greet you, to ask if your ok, but even sometimes, i fail, i never fail to keep you in my heart and I'll be keeping you for a lifetime...
• Sometimes love could be so painful and difficult. But its amazing to know that no matter how hard it is, LOVE is the simplest reason why you'll always find yourself complete...
• I learned to love someone with all my life... i fought for him and did everything just to be with him forever... but there came a point when i got tired, not of loving but of sacrificing all that i have...then a thought came to my mind... I have given everything but have recieved nothing but pain and tears in return... Is this enough to prove that i really love her? or is it a sign telling me to stop sacrificing and learn to love myself a little more?
• Loving is always a learning process. with love we learn how to care and sacrifice. We learn to share and reach out, we learn to be unselfish and gave more than we can. When loving someone never regret what you did, only regret what you never did. its not a matter of finding the right person but its a matter of being the right person for the one you choose to love.
• Love isn't about luxurious things in this world...It isn't about living in perfection with someone... Love is about that someday you will be able to reach your dreams, helping out each other... Love is about giving without expecting anything...Love is about sharing happiness and pain as well... Love is about accepting that person even if others can't... Love is about holding on... even if all else fails.
• Don't be afraid to be loved more than you can return. Be afraid that you don't gave back the love that you can. Love needs not to be equal to be fair.
• Question: " When is the best time to tell someone you love him/her? Answer: "Before someone else does".

"Love Quotes"

"Love Quotes"

-part 1-

• LOVE? where's the fun in that? I know why i choose this way of life, where i could just play around. flirting instead of cuddling, getting drunk and partying instead of having a romantic dinner... its fun, no restrictions, no worries, no heartache, no complications but sometimes when i am left alone, when i see other people with somebody and the craziness of being single has bored me, i ask my self: where's the fun in this?...

• I approached a kid and asked: what is Love?the kid answered: hmmm... Love is when a puppy licks your face...I laughed but he added...even after you left him alone all day.
  

• Begin to learn that kisses don't always mean something and that promises can be broken just as quick as they are made... and sometimes goodbyes really are forever and always remember to use "I Love You" with extreme caution, coz if used in a wrong way, someone will end up getting hurt...remember that it shouldn't be said just coz your expected to say it and make sure you know how and when to use it, coz once your in love, it should be that easy to fall out of love.
  

• Loving someone can't be proven with just the way you feel, the words you say with the things you give. If you've ignored yourself and sacrificed your own happiness for the one you love then you know what love means.

• To love is a duty, to be loved is a gift, to love someone who loved you is an achievement, to be loved by someone whom you love is a Life...

• Love is crazy coz sometimes you cry, but you say your okey, say you'll move on but you can't let go, yet we should be lucky to end up with a little bit of insanity coz its nice to risk just to be happy.

• Sometimes two people decide to be "just friends" even if they still love each other... and i often wonder why? I suppose its not the love that so hard to sustain... but the commitment that complicates everything.

• "The best part of being in love is when you just love a person and be happy about it, even that person can never be yours , even if you know that it can't last forever! thats the true essence of love. Its not about winning someone, its not about owning a relationship. Its just about being happy coz you know you've loved someone. Its about being guiltless coz you know you didn't take away someone from anybody, you just loved and loved unselfishly...

• Confessions of a 3rd party:I like it when he remembers me... only to find out that her girl is busy.I like it when he tells me he loves me...only to find out,he doesn't have anybody else to txt.I like it when he's extra special... only to find out he and her girl had a fight.I like it when he spend time with me... only because her girl couldn't find time for him. I don't take pleasure in hurting her girl's feelings because i know at the end of the day...its still her and not me.
  

• Love Rules: Hold on but know when to let go,wait but know if theres really someone to wait for, dream but know when to wake up if he/she doesn't love you, go! move on! its okey to fall but know how to get up!.

• Love's confusing isn't it? we can never tell when to give up and when to keep trying: when to let go and when to hold on. the question is? Is it the love which is confusing? or the person your loving?

• Never rush in love for it never runs out. Let love be the one to knock at your door, so by the time you start to fall, you know that your feeling is for sure.

• Being broken hearted is like having a broken pair of ribs... On the outside, it looks like theres nothing wrong... but every breath hurts...

• True loves cover the eyes to see no wrongs. true love darkens reason to consider every situation. true loves is still true even to the point of letting go...

• LOVE isn't about ridiculous little words...Love is about grand gestures... its about airplanes pulling banners over stadium, proposal on jumbo screens, giant words in sky writing. Love is about going that extra mile even if that hurts, letting it all hang out there...Love is about finding courage inside of you that you didn't know was there...-Little manhattan-

• It hurts when the one you love left you and say... "You deserve someone better" then all you can say is... "maybe i do" deep inside your crying coz you know you can't find better if you already found the best..."

• The most interesting thing about heart transplant is that one completely loses his own heart and be replaced with someone else's yet still has a feelings for the same person he loves. This proves that love works in the minds of people and not in their hearts, bottom line is that, love is a state of mind. You'll learn how to forget , only if you try doing so. -Dr. Burke { Grey's anatomy}

• Never welcome something you can not entertain. Never open your doors if you mean to close your heart. Never accept love if you can't give yourself in return. Never start a relationship you know you want to end. Two of the shortest words in the english language are "Yes" and "No" and yet they are often the ones that required most thought before they are said. Some thoughts are better left unsaid, some feelings are better left kept to yourself, but love has its way of expressing itself despite the distance and despite the silence...

• We have to realize that love's not enough to make a relationship work... We need trust, respect, time, effort, and total commitment... If a person doesn't show respect, doesn't earn your trust, and can't keep promise then no matter how many times they say " I Love You", those words will be empty... Take time to listen to what they don't say, take time to look at what they don't show coz there are secrets hidden beneath they're words... so don't let passion but wisdom decide for you. Love wisely coz its never easy to love and get hurt.

• "Leaving a love you've suddenly out grown can be heart breaking, but it also show you're strong enough to walk away from a relationship that no longer makes you happy... Moving out of your comfort zone can be down right scary, but it also proves just how brave you are to take on the unknown... stronger, braver, wiser... You always do a little growing up everytime you do a little letting go."

• Somebody once asked me, " How do you hold love?" I answered, "With my hands wide open, my palms facing up and with my heart ready to let go and let the other grow" and that somebody asked " What if it hurts you? " I smiled wistfully and said, " Then it means im doing it right"...

• Love not because you like that person nor because you care... Love not because you know that you can't live without that person...instead, just love and forget about why...

• Love is not about simingly perfect partner and a simingly perfect relationship. Its all about seeing better people along the way yet you stick to your choice and say, "Ive still got the best there is".

• You really dont know what love is until you get to a point we're your ready to trade 10 years of your life for a single kiss, all your wealth for a single touch, or when your willing to leave someone you've been with for the last decade for a total stranger... love isn't about the time you spent with someone or the challenges you've gone through together... its about that rush of butterflies in your stomach or that single heartbeat which says, "I'd rather have a day with this person than spend an eternity with someone else"...

• Love is like the last item on display. You have to hold it and think really hard if you really want to have it or just leave it there, otherwise you might regret seeing someone take the last piece you give up...

"Inspiration" III

"Inspiration"

Part III

• It is madness... To hate all roses because you'd got scratched with one thorn to give up on your dreams because one didn't come true. To lose faith in prayers because one was not answered. To give up on your efforts because one of them failed. To condemn all your friends because one betrayed you. Not to believe in love because someone was unfaithful or didn't love you back. To throw away all your chances to be happy because you didn't succeed on the first attempt. I hope that as you go on your way ,you don't give in to madness...Remembering always another chance may came up, another friend ,a new love, a renew strength, be persistent! Look for happiness in everyday. The sure path to failure is to give up... It is often through failure that future success come. keep trying!

• Here's something to ponder on: Never let someone be your priority, while allowing your self to be just their option...

• Do you know the saddest quote said by the funniest man ever born on this planet? " I always like walking in the rain so no one can see me crying"... Charlie Chaplin

• You change for two reason:"Either you learned enough that you want to, or you've been hurt enough that you have too..."

• Men fall in love with their eyes. Women falls in love with their ears. Men tend to be blind by beauties. Women tend to be deaf by lies. Whatever senses you'll be using Love knows no logic.

• Leaving someone behind means you only want the best for them even if it means swallowing the sad reality that..."The best just isn't you..."

• There never is a night or day when God can't hear as we pray; There is no time,there is no placed that we are beyond His love and grace. Read : Hebrews 4;16

• Theres a difference between giving up and letting go...Letting go... Is sacrificing what was rightfully yours...Giving up...Is forgetting what was never yours...

• Your part of someone else's life... Others fill their lives with pieces of you... So if you run out of reason to live, remember that someone else's life can never be complete without you in it...

• I cared, i was hurt... I took risks, I failed... I sacrificed, I lost... I hoped, I gained nothing...yet... I kept lovin till every piece of me was broken...

• All my life, I've accepted everything because i believe in this: "Everything happens for a reason";the hard part is: "Finding out what the reason is"...

• A butterfly was inlove with a white rose ...1 day the butterfly proposed to the rose... The white rose told him that when she turns red thats the only time she'll love him... The butterfly didn't fly,instead, he cut his body and spread his blood on the rose... the rose turn red and feel in love with the butterfly...but the butterfly was no longer alive..."Love sacrifices" are sometimes useless especially if that someone doesn't know how to appreciate... they'll came to realize important things when its already too late!

• Don't overuse your heart trying to look for the one you think you deserve...instead, you should save the best part of you for the person who deserves you,someone who came the time you didn't search...

• Sometimes you have to fall from the mountain to realize what you are climbing for. Obstacles are put in our way to see what we want is really worth fighting for, from every wound there is a scar and every scar tells a story.A story that says, I survived...

• Everything in life is temporary coz everything changes... thats why it takes great courage to love someone...knowing it might end ,anytime...

• Will it be A or B? true or false? left or right? yes or no? We always think that having choices is the easiest way of getting the right answer... but we hardly know sometimes, whatever choice we make ... There always be a right and wrong, a happy and a sad, A smile and tears...what if your only choice was either to love and hurt others or let go and simply hurt your self? will you leave or stay?

• The value of waiting is a value of a lifetime, If we know how to wait, life shall be easy because God knows what to give us in the right time!

• Someday we'll be older, someday someone will love you more than life itself someday your whole life will be completely different except that i hope... someday we'll still be what we are!

• When were given heavy loads by God... it only means that were worthy of His trust... He always listen when we pray...yet He answers them in his own perfect time...

• Always remember 2 things in Life...Don't take any decisions when you are angry and Don't make any promises when you are happy!

• Life gave me a lot of things to learn,things i should keep and let go... things to forget and sometimes regret... i got hurt and cryed but why should i cry? when you are still here to remind me to smile.

• If all the science in the world could explain everything? could physics explain why we fall in love with someone with out being affected by gravity? why can't logic help us to make things right when we are in love? would chemistry give us the chemical elements of love, and its formula? or could anatomy and physiology located the scar in our heart?

• The only thing you regret in life are the risks you didn't take. If you find that one thing that makes you happy, grab it with both hands and to hell with the consequences.

• For every dreams in our heart God gives us inspiration. For every hope we seak, God gives us unexpected miracles. For every faith we believe God blesses us more!