😠 I was selfish…
Let’s be honest guys. Marriage is hard. In fact it’s one of the hardest commitments two human beings can make with one another. Some of us may be asking “How do I fix a failing marriage or relationship?” We may feel exhausted and losing hope of what to do. A healthy marriage or relationship is a selfless commitment. Two people coming together despite all of their mistakes and flaws and committing to a lifetime of growth? Now that is true sacrificial love.
I don’t say these things as if I have it all figured out. In fact I learned my own selfishness in marriage when my wife got cancer. I was there for her in a lot of ways, helping her to appointments, praying for her, etc. but emotionally I was distracted. At the time, financial and housing struggles filled me with a lot of fear and worry. This fear made it hard for me to be there for her mentally and emotionally in the way that I wanted to be.
The trial will reveal it…
The truth is, we are a lot more selfish as individuals than we even want to admit. This negatively affects not just our marriage but all other relationships as well. It may take that trial or stressor in life for us to really know the selfishness that was deep within us all along. But we can trust, that if God is exposing it, He wants to transform it.
Lean On God!
It’s impossible not to be selfish in our own strength. We will continuously fail and our marriage will suffer. But the good news is that we don’t have to do this in our own strength. We can press into God and be encouraged knowing that with God “all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26) Will we be perfect? No. But with God, we can work towards sacrificial love improving not only our marriage, but every other relationship in our lives.
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