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“If you're going to survive life & enjoy successful relationships, you're going to have to realize that everyone has a treasure & everyone has a field. [See: Matthew 13:44.] Often, we only see treasure when we're sailing smoothly, free of conflict & turmoil. When life happens & reality spills over into our relationships, we start to see the fields, warts and all. And then our attitudes begin to shift. We begin to criticize. We nag. We complain. Often, we feel we're entitled to do these things because the stresses of life are too much for us. We're not called to be kind only when we experience the blessings of our relationships. God has called us to buy the field. In other words, when life gets tough & the one you love is not in a great place, you need to dig through the rubbish, the broken bottles, the piles of dirt, and the manure, because buried in that messy field is a treasure. You cannot have the treasure unless you buy the whole field.” (Jentezen Franklin)