\u00a0Love Is …<\/a>\u00a0and see that love is a choice that you make regarding how you are going to treat another person, regardless of their own behavior.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: Hi, I’m a Christian and I’m married, but my husband doesn’t love me. He ignores me, he verbally abuses me and does not like to make love before sex, so I’m always bruised and in pain afterward. He says if he shows me love he will have to show love outside too. 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