When you first get married, all seems blissful! You are marrying the person of your dreams and you can’t imagine ever feeling anything but love for that soulmate of yours, right? Then a few months in, a few years in, or 20 something or more years in, and your like…um…this is way harder than I imagined!
It was a very dark time in our marriage! We couldn’t see past the dark moments we felt stuck in…but God certainly could. He had great plans for us all along, and we just had to take it one moment at a time, trust in Him, and hang on to each other through it all!
Well this past week has been a bit of a doozy for us. After traveling for Christmas and then again for New Years, we were so excited to finally have a week at home and relax a bit and tackle a long house projects list. We had all kinds of house projects on the to-do list and were ready to tackle them! Bring it on! That’s when we hit a bump in the plan.
The past few months have literally flown by. Between keeping up with our kids busy schedules, our own busy schedules, pouring into friends’ lives and squeezing in some get-away-family-camping time we have been missing the opportunity to post for Marriage Mondays. But…seasons!
“I never minded the risk, but we always did it together” Anyone recall this line from The Greatest Showman? This was spoken from one spouse to another toward the end of the movie when things weren't going so well in their relationship
Back then, we just knew we were good for each other. We brought out the best in each other (even when it was painful to do so)! We made each other laugh (and only cry occasionally. LOL). We loved each other unconditionally even from a young age. We knew we had something special even then.
So what's a husband to do when he pursues his wife but she gives every excuse imaginable? Well, he begins problem solving, of course! ... I began to be so very grateful that we got out! Then we began dreaming together...it was such a wonderful night...but I almost missed it!
This is something that has been on our minds for quite some time now...No matter what the social media highlights look like, the truth is that we don't always feel in love.