Marriage Testimonies Archives

How One Woman Found Healing From Painful Sex…

2016-11-22

I recently received a powerful testimony from a woman who found healing from painful sex. Please read her testimony and then I will explain a little more: (She asked to remain anonymous) I married my high school sweetheart at age 19. We were both virgins and when our wedding night came, I expected magic. Instead I felt pain and disappointment. I didn’t expect sex to hurt so bad. I figured we were rookies and eventually pain during intercourse would go away. It didn’t. Years went by. I lost count of how many gynecologist I saw; none of them having answers. My husband was always patient, kind and gentle but it still ate away at me. I thought making love with my husband was supposed to be beautiful,

A Healthy Marriage That Points To Christ Scares The Enemy

2016-11-11

I have been following Amy Hale for some time now on Instagram and I appreciate her authenticity and transparency. She is a great encourager of faith! She is sharing with us today about the power of a strong Christian marriage. Amy writes: We have an enemy that is very real. He DELIGHTS in creating division in relationships. Especially marriages. I am seeing that so clearly right now. Honestly, I’ve been the biggest hypocrite of a wife. I have judged my husband and criticized him. I have been prideful, thinking “my way” of doing things was better than his way. I have missed opportunities to build him up by withholding love and encouragement when I had the power to give it. I have given my attention

10 Ways To Have A Passionate Marriage

2016-07-19

This is a guest post by Amy, her advice is for a passion filled marriage is excellent and I hope you are as inspired as I was. Amy von Borstel writes: After a tumultuous season in our marriage and a brief separation, my husband and I decided to do whatever it took to get our lives back on track. We had met when I was an eighteen-year-old student and gotten married when I was nineteen. Over a decade later we had two children, piles of debt from several failed businesses, and the stress had taken a toll on our relationship. Our marriage hit rock bottom. Then after a season of brokenness, the healing of our rocky relationship began. Through prayer, forgiveness, and the love of

My Marriage Is Not My Happily Ever After

2016-06-22

This lovely guest post is written by Brittany. She brings an often forgotten aspect of our marriages to light in an enchantingly open way. Brittany Writes: I will never forget the first time I watched Snow White. She was just an innocent girl in need of someone to save her. I cried as her stepmother turned on her and cheered as Prince Charming swept her away. Her life was a dream and soon I found myself believing that this is the ultimate picture of what marriage should be. As I grew older I found myself searching for my own hero and believing that the ‘perfect’ man would soon sweep me off my feet and make all of my dreams come true. I wanted a romance

Letter To My Husband: I Am Sorry

2016-03-07

Dear Husband, I pray to God every day that He blesses you for continuing to forgive me for hurting you. I wish I could take away all the negative that I’ve done in your life. I’ve loved you since the moment I saw you. I wanted you to be mine the first time I laid my eyes on you. I fell so deeply in love with you. When I asked you today how you felt when I had my first affair and left you, you told me that after you were angry, you had a complete and overwhelming feeling of defeat and failure. That tore up my heart. I did that to you. I made you feel like a failure. I am so sorry. I

5 Lessons I Learned About Marriage From One Photo

2015-06-05

I have a picture hanging in my bedroom of my husband and I standing in the middle of a road in Maui. We were exploring the island and happened upon a quiet road with a spectacular backdrop. I asked Aaron if we could take advantage of the photo opportunity to capture what we saw. He spent a few seconds setting up the timer and positioned our camera in the middle of the road then he ran to my side and grabbed my hand. Here is that photo: If you have read my story detailed in The Unveiled Wife book, you know that my husband and I struggled in our first few years of marriage – so much that we almost called it quits. We saw