[Marriage Story] Karolyn & Gary
Wedding Date: August 1961
Kids: 2
Some Top Tips for Building a Strong Marriage:
Gary: This is really the key to marriage: we have to have an attitude of love, that I’m here to serve, I’m here to help you become the person you believe God wants you to be. Whenever we have that on both sides, when it’s going both ways, then you’re going to have the kind of marriage you wanted to have, which is loving and supportive and caring.
I asked God to give me the attitude of Christ toward Karolyn. In retrospect, it’s the greatest prayer I ever prayed about my marriage.
God changed my heart and gave me a desire to serve her. And three questions made it practical after God changed my attitude that I’m here to serve her, not to tell her what to do:
What can I do to help you?
How can I make your life easier?
How can I be a better husband?
And she was willing to answer every one of those questions.
Karolyn: Believe you me, I was!
Gary & Karolyn Chapman will celebrate 62 years of marriage this year, and reside in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Dr. Gary Chapman is an experienced and well-respected family counselor and a well-known author. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio program, A Love Language Minute. His most popular book title, The Five Love Languages, has topped various bestseller charts for years and has been published in more than 50 languages.
Take the Love Language Quiz here to find out your primary love language!
Karolyn & Gary Chapman, wedding day 1961
We hope you’ve enjoyed listening to all 10 stories in this series. In the next episode, Tara & David will wrap up the marriage series with a Top Ten countdown of what we’ve learned about love from all the couples we’ve spoken to.
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Produced by Zach Van Dyke
