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Accepting the Difficult

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It seems that most couples who enter into marriage think they know each other pretty well. That was certainly true of Nancy and me, but it did not take us long to realize that living together as husband and wife revealed lots of new things we did not know about each other. Some new things we really liked, but a few new revelations were unsettling. (Honestly, Nancy had a lot more to deal with than I did.) 

In our first year of marriage we found ourselves clueless as to how to deal with a few things about each other that were a little difficult to accept. What about you? Is there something about your spouse that is hard for you to accept? How does that affect you day to day? There have been a lot of things in marriage that have taken me years to make sense out of, but this is one I figured out pretty early. When I stood at the altar and said, “I do,” there were no conditions on that commitment. My vows covered everything I knew about Nancy and everything I did not know. I took her as my wife, and it was never going to be my job to change her—that was God’s job. That one reality was truly a lifesaver for our marriage.

Today’s One Thing: If there is something about your spouse that is difficult for you to accept, turn it over to God today!