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True Love
True Love
Many people are tired of their marriage. Daily we hear different complaints about spouses and their marriage. Divorce here and there in the name of an uncomfortable relationship.
Here’s what can help you…
Every marriage has seasons of disappointment, frustration, and grind. Sometimes we bring it on ourselves with bad choices or careless mistakes. Other times, we’re blindsided by an unforeseen catastrophe. It’s easy to point fingers during those times. It’s easy to shut down, stop talking, and internalize bitterness or shame. But those moments when our hearts are broken and we have thousands of words left unspoken are the very moments that we need to lean into our spouse the most.
This world tells us that love is a feeling that can come and go. If this is true, then love will fail us every time. And it will never be enough to hold a marriage together. But this is NOT at all how God defines love. The Bible tells us that true love is unconditional. It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs. It protects us. It heals us. True love never fails us!
Even so, there may be moments we feel like giving up on our spouse and ending our marriage. Why is this? We don’t foresee healing in our future. We don’t want to put in the work and take the time to get to the root issues.
We’d rather just start over. But what we fail to see is that marriage is a lasting commitment that we will always carry with us, regardless of whether or not we move on. God designed it this way. It’s not something we can just shake off and forget.
When we marry, we pledge to give every part of ourselves to our spouse. And we trust him/her to do the same. In our world today, this is frowned upon because it means we have to be completely vulnerable and put our hearts on the line. This is the beautiful mystery of marriage. When both partners do this to the best of their ability–being naked souls before one another, holding nothing back–there is an incredible, intimate union that forms. And the more we pursue God...
Many people are tired of their marriage. Daily we hear different complaints about spouses and their marriage. Divorce here and there in the name of an uncomfortable relationship.
Here’s what can help you…
Every marriage has seasons of disappointment, frustration, and grind. Sometimes we bring it on ourselves with bad choices or careless mistakes. Other times, we’re blindsided by an unforeseen catastrophe. It’s easy to point fingers during those times. It’s easy to shut down, stop talking, and internalize bitterness or shame. But those moments when our hearts are broken and we have thousands of words left unspoken are the very moments that we need to lean into our spouse the most.
This world tells us that love is a feeling that can come and go. If this is true, then love will fail us every time. And it will never be enough to hold a marriage together. But this is NOT at all how God defines love. The Bible tells us that true love is unconditional. It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs. It protects us. It heals us. True love never fails us!
Even so, there may be moments we feel like giving up on our spouse and ending our marriage. Why is this? We don’t foresee healing in our future. We don’t want to put in the work and take the time to get to the root issues.
We’d rather just start over. But what we fail to see is that marriage is a lasting commitment that we will always carry with us, regardless of whether or not we move on. God designed it this way. It’s not something we can just shake off and forget.
When we marry, we pledge to give every part of ourselves to our spouse. And we trust him/her to do the same. In our world today, this is frowned upon because it means we have to be completely vulnerable and put our hearts on the line. This is the beautiful mystery of marriage. When both partners do this to the best of their ability–being naked souls before one another, holding nothing back–there is an incredible, intimate union that forms. And the more we pursue God...
