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<\/p>\n I used to think all that was needed to ensure a healthy marriage was love. And then I got married and quickly realized as Don Henley and Patty Smyth sang in their 90\u2019s hit song, \u201cBaby, sometimes love just ain\u2019t enough.\u201d Love is our highest aim; it\u2019s as the apostle Paul describes in I Corinthians 13, \u201cthe greatest of these.\u201d So, I\u2019m not negating the necessity for love in marriage, I\u2019m challenging the notion that love is all you need to make a marriage thrive.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Beatles sang \u201cAll You Need is Love,\u201d but interestingly, Paul McCartney has been married three times, and John Lennon was married twice. Before his death, he confessed to having more than 300 affairs while married to his first wife and multiple affairs while married to his second. If these are the people Americans look to as \u201cidols,\u201d it\u2019s no wonder we have a faulty understanding of how love works in marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n Love is foundational. It\u2019s like flour to a cake. Your marriage rises and falls depending on how much love is present. However, just as a cake needs other essential ingredients to be palatable and sustainable, so does marriage.<\/p>\n Click here to continue reading the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Dana Che Williams, used with permission\/SWN Design\/Canva Pro<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Dana](\"https:\/\/i.swncdn.com\/media\/170w\/via\/images\/2024\/01\/30\/34371\/34371-dana-che-speaker-headshot_source_file.webp\")
<\/source><\/picture>Dana Che Williams is a speaker, marriage\/relationship coach, and the host of the <\/span>Real Relationship Talk<\/span><\/a>\u00a0podcast, where she helps people uncomplicate relationships and build deeper connections. She is also a devoted daughter and friend of God and serves as a Teaching Pastor at a multi-site, multi-ethnic church in Virginia Beach, VA. In groups, large or small, Dana’s mission is singular: to help lead people into more fruitful and connected relationships with the Lord and each other. <\/span>On the podcast,<\/span><\/a> she is known for her graceful candor, humor, and encouraging yet challenging advice. Dana holds a B.A. in communication from Regent University. She has a fierce passion for fashion and a fiercer passion for truth. She shares her life with Shaun, her childhood sweetheart and husband of twenty-four years, their four amazing children, and their \u201cmulti-cultural\u201d dog in beautiful Virginia Beach, VA. Connect with her on social media\u00a0<\/span>@mrsdanache<\/span><\/a> and find helpful relationship resources on her website at\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/danache.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n