When Your Spouse Won’t Change
"I'm not happy in my marriage."
"My spouse won't change."
"This isn't what I thought it would be."
"I feel betrayed."
"My marriage is disappointing."
These are common phrases that hit the counseling room, prayer request time in group, and across the coffee shop table with a friend. There is a real pain in these sentiments. Sometimes these thoughts come pouring out before the marriage is even a year or two old. Did this couple make a mistake? Should she leave him? Does he consider divorce? God calls us to lay our life down for our spouse. What does that look like when it feels like we are the only ones upholding the covenant?
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