Challenge #62

Sometimes marriage is hard! That's why we have to know where to find encouragement when it is needed. If we look to our spouse to be the source of our happiness, they will always fall short. We were all born with a God-shaped hole in our heart. We try to fill it with anything and everything else, but the reality is: only one thing fits and only one thing can fill it and that is the God who designed it.

Onto today's challenge you faithful husbands and wives!!!
You may have noticed this in your relationships with friends and family or even in your own marriage: a lot of people are unhappy. This discontent stems from the fact that two imperfect people stopped being single individuals and started building a life together. When two seperate individuals come together, there begins a constant push-pull over who is going to get their way or who is going to win or lose. You can choose to go on like this for as long as you are willing to stand it. But the truth of the matter is: no one has to lose. You can win together. Instead of fighting against eachother, you can choose to work together, be on the same team, and fight together.

I'm sure if you have been married any period longer than a few years, you have at some point in time or another felt that your spouse was more like the enemy than a team mate. We've all felt it. We've all been there and some of us are there now. If this is you, I encourage you to concede! Wave the white flag. Make peace in your marriage and promote unity in your relationship (as long as what you're conceding to is not sin). Most of us have heard the old addage "don't win the battle and lose the war." Well the battle is whatever small disagreement you may have with your spouse. The war is your marriage. Don't allow what may seem to be a big issue in the moment (but 10 years from now will not matter in the big scheme of things) jeapordize the strength and future of your marriage.

Do whatever you need to today to heal old wounds and wave the white flag. Your future may depend on it.