A Difficult Road

Monday Devotion

“’I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.’ The disciples said to him, ‘If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.’ Jesus replied, ‘Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given...The one who can accept this should accept it.’”

Matthew 19:9-12

Some how-to marriage books fall short by presuming that the difficulties of marriage can be overcome.  Every marriage, no matter how you look at it, is hard and will be hard.

That’s why I like to correct a spouse who says, “I have a difficult marriage.”  There’s no need to personalize it: “I have a difficult marriage.”  At various points, every marriage is difficult.  The problem isn’t necessarily with your marriage, it’s with marriage in general.