I love you, I hear you

the long version

Our emotions are perhaps the greatest creation of God. Eve fulfilled Adam's emotional needs, and Adam did the same for Eve. The Lord was the source of all good things for them to enjoy together. That ideal situation was destroyed when Adam and Eve fell into sin. The Lord has given instructions in his Word for living in today's world, and we must go to that Word for the answers. Adam and Eve were a fundamental unit. That unit, with the children born to them, was called a family. That was God's design. The success of the family and the success of mankind depend on the ability to supply emotional stability. Your family members have emotional needs. Are you conscious of supplying them, or are you conscious only of demanding your own satisfaction? Basic selfishness, with countless variations, is one of the fundamental reasons why so many Christian families fail to function on a spiritual plane. - p. 9-14.