{"id":31325,"date":"2020-02-19T07:10:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T13:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31325"},"modified":"2020-02-19T07:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T13:10:38","slug":"love-hope-episode-8-a-womans-love-changes-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31325","title":{"rendered":"Love &#038; Hope \u2014 Episode 8:<br> A woman\u2019s love changes everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LoveHope-Episode-8-title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31326\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LoveHope-Episode-8-title.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LoveHope-Episode-8-title.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LoveHope-Episode-8-title-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LoveHope-Episode-8-title-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LoveHope-Episode-8-title-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LoveHope-Episode-8-title-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why are people who fall in love so often willing to pay a tremendous price for the love they want? I first encountered this question as a child in the book of Genesis when I read about Jacob\u2019s love for Rachel. Why was he willing to work seven years to marry her? It seemed crazy to me. It wasn\u2019t until I eventually fell in love myself that I started understanding that love for a woman changes everything for a man \u2014 and it makes him capable of doing things he never dreamed he could do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preview of new week\u2019s show:<\/strong>\u00a0If love is so great, then why do some of our worst hurts come from our romantic relationships? Why is it that some people are hurt so badly by lost love \u2014 or by relationships they should leave, relationships that are supposed to bring them joy \u2014 that they harden their hearts and swear they\u2019ll never love again?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s because counterfeit love feels just like the real thing \u2014\u00a0at first.<\/p>\n<p>Love is the most powerful and healing force the world has ever known, but its closest counterfeit might be the most destructive force we encounter. We\u2019re going to talk about how we keep failing into those painful and destructive patterns, next week on Love and Hope.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen. You can subscribe to Love &amp; Hope through iTunes or any of the other major podcast directories. <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?page_id=31023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See the complete list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/david-mcelroy\/embed\/episodes\/A-womans-love-changes-everything-eau668\" width=\"460px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are people who fall in love so often willing to pay a tremendous price for the love they want? I first encountered this question as a child in the book of Genesis when I read about Jacob\u2019s love for Rachel. Why was he willing to work seven years to marry her? 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