Stop Escaping the Hard Things In Your Marriage

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About This Episode Marriage is hard. We all go through trials and tribulations, and the Bible promises we will encounter hard things in life. Aaron and Jennifer were notoriously great at escaping the issues in their marriage in the beginning, and managed to find every excuse to avoid dealing with their sexual issues and their hearts toward God and each other. God finally got hold of their stubborn hearts and showed them the beauty and healing that can come from facing trials head-on. In this episode they share how they escaped their problems, why hiding only amplifies them, and how they changed and found healing.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Escape artists — the ways they avoided the hard things early in their marriage Good things used to hide — missionary travel, romance novels, and pornography Hiding in the garden — Genesis 3 and the pattern of Adam and Eve A sinking boat — why avoiding problems amplifies them Search me, O God — inviting God to examine your heart (Psalm 139) Don't isolate — Proverbs 18:1 and getting into honest Christian community Get help — when to consider Christian counseling Embrace the trial — Romans 12:12 and seeing hard things as good

Scripture Referenced Genesis 3 Psalm 139 Proverbs 18:1 Romans 12:12

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