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This reads as a warning against asking a partner to meet needs that belong elsewhere too. It can be taken to mean that intimacy is not a substitute for inner or spiritual wholeness, and that marriage can be strained when one person is expected to carry that burden alone. It lands in counseling, or any close relationship, when disappointment starts to look like dependency.
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About Max Lucado
American author and minister
Max Lucado is an American author and minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. He is known for writing devotional and inspirational books that have reached a wide Christian audience. His work as a pastor and writer centers on faith, encouragement, and everyday spiritual life. On this site, he is represented by 93 quotes, reflecting the steady, practical tone for which his writing is known.
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- “God doesn’t manufacture pain, but he certainly puts it to use.”Max Lucado
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- “We see a hearse; we think sorrow. We see a grave; we think despair. We hear of a death; we think of a loss. N…”Max Lucado
Explore Failure
- “The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and…”Hideki Tojo
- “Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a…”Lev Yilmaz
- “A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their…”Bryant H. McGill
Explore Marriage
- “The boring thing with 'No sex before marriage' is that kids will never get to attend their parents’ wedding.”Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “Everybody in my band is married, pretty much, and have lives at home, and I don't want them to be away from t…”Neko Case
- “[S]he'd realized that he had loved her only because she belonged to him.”Lauren Oliver
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Books by Max Lucado
He Chose the Nails
2002
In the Grip of Grace
2011
The Crippled Lamb
2003
And the angels were silent
1995
No Wonder They Call Him the Savior
1998