Marriage Under Trial – A True Test of Love: Episode 9
Marriage under trial happens each day. This can be due to finances, or family issues such as health and in these cases, the pressure just becomes even more difficult. In this episode, we learn the true test is not what you think.
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True love can be fleeting or it can last a lifetime. When we meet and fall in love our world seems to change. Our mood lifts, we are happy, and everything is more in life become easy or at least more manageable. Yet there are so many things that can rob our peace and the main one in most marriages is problems with the children. Even the best marriages struggle with different parenting styles or even different opinions on what is important.
Yet I learned the hard way that if I didn’t have open communication with my spouse and patience with my children then there would be a very hard road ahead. I am not a marriage authority, nor have I written any books on the topic, but I can tell you that after being married for almost forty years, I can tell you a thing or two about what works and what does not!
We made some horrible decisions in our marriage that I am not happy about and one of them is deciding on a vasectomy. We thought it would make our life easier and in the long run, we realized it was something we needed to change. There will be a future podcast on this topic.
My husband had ideas that I went along with for the sake of peace. Several were marriage retreats. We attended a marriage encounter, for “good marriages,” and a Cursillo retreat for a deepening of our faith. My husband attended one weekend and I attended the next. This was wonderful in many ways, yet it took me many years to see the fruits.
Marriage Under Trial
- Forgetting to put God first in your life, your spouse second in your life – above kids or work.
- Thinking you are always right and it is everyone else’s fault.
- Holding grudges and failing to forgive.
- Not respecting the other person.
- Forgetting the romance.
Marriage with Grace
- Putting God first in your life, spouse second.
- Remembering that you are not in this alone. It is a partnership.
- Realizing love means sacrifice.
- Forgiveness is key
- Dating and rekindling your relationship. Respect your spouse!
Marriage is under attack on a daily basis and we need to pray for the grace to continue on, and to persevere.
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