Proof The Bible Is True

09/26/20

 

Intimate relationships of any kind are our greatest spiritual assignments. They are meant to mirror and magnify whatever is going on inside of us, serving as a reflection of our relationship with God. I thought I knew who I was before I got married. I thought I was grounded in my faith. I thought I had it all under control. I thought wrong.

 

For the first three years of my marriage, I would cringe whenever I saw what I perceived to be “happy couples” talking about their relationship. Their fairytale love anecdotes made me feel like my love was counterfeit. I would lay in bed replaying fantasies of a perfect love where one person fulfills an endless list of needs—and my loneliness worsened. I was suffering, but didn’t speak up. I started to wonder if maybe I had made a mistake.

 

The start of our decline was gradual and, at first, composed entirely of minimal offenses.

 

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