It's my experience that many Christians think they have to put over a facade of coping or doing well, as if when they don't they are letting God down. Surely Christians are called to be real and open even about their marriages. If they aren't those outside the church are going to think they have to get their lives fully sorted out before they are acceptable to God. That's not how I understand the good news of Jesus, who came to save sinners not those who had got it all together. Just the same Christians ought to have access to God's healing grace and be able to work through the tough times. Most marriages grow through problems not without them.
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