“We learn to love imperfect people by serving them out of reverence for a perfect God...”
Gary Thomas“Aside from the straightforwardly visible curriculum, there is the hidden curriculum. This exists in the wider set of beliefs and values pupils acquire because of the way that a school is run and its teaching organized. It is about the behaviour of the teachers, the textbooks chosen, the school rules.”
Gary Thomas, Education: A Very Short Introduction“What is more likely to lead to true marital satisfaction-getting a fallen spouse to change his or her ways, or changing your own focus so that you draw affirmation from a God who never disappoints, never turns you away?”
Gary Thomas, A Lifelong Love: Devotional“We are most happy when we are most focused on serving God together.”
Gary Thomas, A Lifelong Love: Devotional“Marriage isn't about rights as much as it is about revelation.”
Gary Thomas, A Lifelong Love: Devotional“If we accept that the love of praise is a sin, that the lust to be known and appreciated by others is not just a fool's errand...but perhaps evidence of a heart focused on the wrong things, our marriages will be transformed.”
Gary Thomas, A Lifelong Love: Devotional“I am dedicated to the preservation of my marriage's unity.”
Gary Thomas, A Lifelong Love: Devotional“No man can be everything. A successful long-distance cyclist can't be a bodybuilder. Though there are exceptions, dedicating one's time to becoming exceptional at one thing usually means not being exceptional at a whole lot of other things.Since no man can be everything, one of the best gifts to give is acceptance-'You don't have to be anything other than what you are.”
Gary Thomas, Cherish: The One Word That Changes Everything for Your Marriage“Heloise learned to love Abelard solely for who he was. That forbidden love brought her nothing but pain, but she would rather have shame and pain with Abelard than peace and happiness without him.”
Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?“Never look to other couples to measure your worth”
look to God to fulfill your call.