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T he PLAIN TRUTH
August, 1966
tually have left the romance in the
hands of God, relyi ng on H im, have
found that H e did not make a mistake.
I know of several in this categoryvery
happy people.
I didn't feaJIy know much about God
unti l ten years after I was married. Yet,
somehow, I knew that the Jiving GOD
had selected for me, and g iven to me,
my wife. I fre9uently prayed, even before
conversion - before I really knew
God. In those days my prayers were
all carnal-all selfish- except for one
th ing. I did often, in prayer, thank
God for giving me my wife.
Of course what I "somehow" knew
then, I know by the better evidences
today. God used my wife to bring about
my conversion-to bring me into H IS
WORK as H is servant. And He has used
her, ever since, in a mi nistry that has
always been a partnership. Of course,
Porlrail by Cfloris
A photograph of Mr. and Mrs . Herbert W. Armstrong, taken a little over a
year ago for the Ambassador College annual, the Envoy. As mentioned in
his Autobiography Mr. Armstrong for years refus ed to have his picture taken
or published. But since many of our readers continually request a picture of
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, the editorial staff thought this issue would be an
appropriate occasion ,
being a woman, she has been the
"silent" member of the partnership, but
a real and effective partner in it, nonetheless.
WHY do marriages fai l ? Always because
people are carnal-minded-selfish
-self·centered. Each wants to be on
the RECEIVING side, concerned about
what they GET from the other - how
much the other PLEASES them - not
what they may contribute to please the
other.
In today's modern world, the meaning
of LOVE has been all but lost. It has
been so romanticized, so confused with
selfishness and LUST, that people careless
ly call any sex desire "love." Today
nearly all popular songs are falsely
supposed to sing about love. Motion
pictures, television, novels-all confuse
and eroticize "love" and induce society
to accept lust in the name of "love."
If I had to define love in four words,
I would say "Love is an tlnselfish Olftgoing
concern ll for the one loved. Love
is primarily on the g iving, serving, sharing
side, not on the getting, taking,
.. factional, striving side. It is not selfish.
Do you know the greatest enemy
yotl have-that causes you more trouble,
and pain and suffering than anything
else? It is YOURSELF! This seUcenteredness
becomes angry, resentful ,
whenever it imagin es it got stepped on ~
That an ger and resentment brings with
it un happiness, pain. You blame it on
the other person, of course. But the
REAL cause of the trouble was your own
SELF .I
I think I may say very truthfu lly that
Mrs. Armstrong and I have always had
a very real O UTGOING CONCERN, each
of liS for the other. T hat is real love.
God says to us, through Solomon,
n ••• rejoice with the wife of thy
youth·· (Proverbs 5: 18). God has been
allowing me that blessing these fortynme
years, And I am very, very grateful.
A marriage can be one of the very
finest blessings - or one of the most
terrible curses. But the MAIN thing is,
get rid of that carnality-that SELFcentered
spirit_ R EPENT of it, seek
reconciliation with GOD through the
living Jesus Christ, and receive H IS
Spirit of Love.