Together on Purpose for Purpose

When you enter a marriage, the expectation is that it will last forever. However, somewhere along your journey of bliss, things begin to change and "forever" seems unrealistic. We quickly forget that the time we invested in getting to know our spouse while dating, is still necessary after we say, "I do." Our communication skills may become dull or somehow lost all together. When dating, we made time to openly communicate our needs and expectations for each other. Now that we're married, we easily ignore an opportunity to communicate our expectations, and even worst, may begin to act on those expectations not being met. Way too often, when offense and conflict arise in our marriages, we quickly identify our mates as the enemy, which they are not. If we identify who the real enemy is, we can effectively fight the battles in our marriage and have the victory in every situation. Our real enemies are the powers of darkness and our own flesh. Because we are quick to operate out of the flesh, the true enemy goes unnoticed in the heat of the battles. The minor things that we could easily forgive while we were dating, we somehow can't find that same forgiveness now that we're married. We allow that unforgiveness to take root and we can become bitter. This bitterness is spewed out a little bit each day; sometimes we're not even aware of it and before you know it, it has destroyed the marriage. True forgiveness transpires when we can treat our mates as if nothing ever happened, but this is easier said than done...trust us, we know! And of course, there's the many other challenges of marriage like finances, co-parenting, blended families, addictions, coping with grief, illness, lack of trust, and then some.

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Together on Purpose for Purpose

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