How to appreciate an imperfect spouse. part–2
2) Accept the Reality of Human Marriage. During a Sacred Marriage conference, a woman came up to me and said, “I have a very difficult marriage…” “You don’t have to tell me you have a difficult marriage,” I answered. “That’s redundant!” It took a while for what I was saying to sink in, but eventually, it did, and the woman smiled. Because of the reality of sin, every marriage has difficult moments. We’re not marrying gods and goddesses! We’re marrying people that the Bible promises will stumble in many ways. How can that possibly be easy? Once I accept that marriage is inherently difficult, I’ll no longer resent it when my marriage is difficult. Disappointment and a lack of respect are often birthed out of unrealistic expectations. It’s not fair to compare your marriage to something you’ve seen in a movie or read about in a novel—that marriage isn’t real. And even if you see a marriage at church, you don’t know what’s really going on during less public moments. Because of m