Early in their marriage, Margrate and her husband were completely caught off guard by the emotions she began feeling. She remember the first time she was angry with him. She had never felt angry with him the entire time they dated, were engaged, or in the early days of their marriage.
She remember thinking, "What do I do? Where do I go? My husband was pursuing me to resolve our conflict, and I was so confused that I went into the bathroom, shut the door and thought, I can't get out of here. I'm stuck in this relationship". This woman held the future of her marriage and her family in her hands.
Women are created in the image of God, but many of you don't realize your emotions are a significant part of God's image imprinted within you. Women need to feel comfortable with who they are emotionally.
And this isn't easy, because many women aren't prepared to anticipate or handle the difficult challenges that are a part of being a wife and mother. Each new season of life—early marriage, pregnancy, raising young children, etc.—brings a new set of joys and difficulties, and many women are surprised by the intensity of their emotions. As a woman experiences the various emotions in her daily life, she needs to feel loved and accepted by her husband. They are made in the emotional image of God; they shouldn't be afraid of those emotions when they crop up.
When the above named woman faced that early crisis in her marriage, she decided her relationship, which was a covenant she had made to God, was too important not to work it out. So after stewing and thinking and praying, she left that bathroom. After some real communication, her husband and her resolved the problem. The next time you find your emotions have you feeling "stuck" in your marriage, don't stew in a bathroom. Talk it out. Resolve the conflict. Why? Because God designed marriage to be a covenant relationship, a safe haven, in which a man and woman can work through their emotions and glorify God in the process.
And this isn't easy, because many women aren't prepared to anticipate or handle the difficult challenges that are a part of being a wife and mother. Each new season of life—early marriage, pregnancy, raising young children, etc.—brings a new set of joys and difficulties, and many women are surprised by the intensity of their emotions. As a woman experiences the various emotions in her daily life, she needs to feel loved and accepted by her husband. They are made in the emotional image of God; they shouldn't be afraid of those emotions when they crop up.
When the above named woman faced that early crisis in her marriage, she decided her relationship, which was a covenant she had made to God, was too important not to work it out. So after stewing and thinking and praying, she left that bathroom. After some real communication, her husband and her resolved the problem. The next time you find your emotions have you feeling "stuck" in your marriage, don't stew in a bathroom. Talk it out. Resolve the conflict. Why? Because God designed marriage to be a covenant relationship, a safe haven, in which a man and woman can work through their emotions and glorify God in the process.
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