Stop Hiding Before It's Too Late

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About This Episode Over the years we have received countless messages from couples on the verge of divorce. Some of them we knew personally, and we felt blindsided by the problems in their marriages. How can problems go unseen? You can avoid community altogether, or you can do what we did at the beginning of our marriage: hide in plain sight. We had close friends but never let people truly know us or our struggles. In this episode we talk about how the devil wants us hidden, isolated and ashamed, how pride tells us 'they won't understand,' and why walking in the light brings real fellowship. Our heart is that this would encourage you to stop hiding and remove the fear of being fully known.

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 Hiding in plain sight — having close friends but never letting anyone truly know you. Our story — how our first years of marriage looked fine outwardly but were destructive inwardly. The severed arm — why isolation from the body of Christ kills ministry and prevents healing. Walking in the light — what 1 John 1 says about fellowship and hiding. Pride at the root — the lie that 'they won't understand.' Transparent community — how a marriage ministry group of honest couples changed us. Confession for healing — opening up to your spouse and others, not just to shed shame.

Scripture Referenced 1 John 1

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