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Of all the things in the world that are worth your whole soul and devotion, it should be your spouse and your children. Short of being in the very presence of God, literally, you will never be more proximate to divinity than you are in the presence of your spouse and children. They deserve godly loyalty. They deserve divine attention. Husbands, when your wife asks you to do better, she's not talking about perfection. She's not criticizing you. She's saying, "I need you. I need you to be here. I need you to listen. I need you to be nearby." Wives, when your husbands are troubled or worried, and they will be, because they would like to be perfect, too, what they need you to say is, "You are OK now. You are alright now. We will work on perfection later. I Love you like crazy right now, just the way you are.

⁠— Jeffrey R. Holland