Using experiences from his own second marriage as a backdrop, Bill Butterworth helps us understand the intricacies of second marriages. He acknowledges the common symptoms of broken first marriages and explains how they impact the spouses and children involved in second marriages. 1 John 4 includes a command from God that we love one another, and goes on to describe a perfecting, growing love. Growing love is a daily decision, it is distinctly demonstrated, it casts out fear and decreases doubt, it appreciates differences, and it digs deeper. Growing love takes work.