Our Marriage Story: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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About This Episode Sharing the intimate and painful parts of our marriage story was not easy at first, but over time we realized our transparency helps other couples find hope, both that they are not alone in their struggles and that God can restore brokenness in marriage. In this episode we share how we met, getting married, those first few hard years, and how God walked us through healing from painful sex and pornography. We talk about the bitterness that nearly ended our marriage, the church marriage ministry where honest couples changed everything, and the surprising physical discovery that brought relief. Love stories are unique, but every marriage has its good, bad, and ugly, and sharing those stories can be powerful in the lives of others.

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 How we met — Coming to faith young and the early days of our relationship. Married as virgins — And the four hard years that followed. Painful intimacy and pornography — The struggles we hid and how they fed bitterness. Nearly giving up — How close we came to divorce. The turning point — A church marriage ministry where couples honestly shared their stories. Not my will but yours — Aaron's surrender to love Jennifer unconditionally. An unexpected discovery — Parabens in a face wash, and the change that followed. Why we share — Transparency that gives other couples hope.

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