Christian Marriage Stories

When we we're going through our storm, we felt like we were the only ones in the world going through.

We soon discovered every marriage has a story. Moments when it seems like the rain will never stop falling and the sun will never shine again.

If you're in the middle of a storm in your marriage, you're not alone. And while it seems that it will never end, trust us, "this too shall pass".

Take a moment and read these marriage stories. Trust that God can turn your situation around at any moment. The sun will shine again!

We married our senior year of college 2003. In the years 2003-2005 there was a lot of deceit. We had problems with communication; there was virtually no communication. I was extremely verbal he was not, this caused a major shift in my spiritual life. One of us was fasting and praying while the other was being pruned by God.

I started looking for more; asking and praying for God to give me a testimony. I didn't see it coming. But God gives you what you ask for; everything that was being done in the dark came to light. For me, it was the end of our marriage but because we were members of a real bible based church we were able to get the counseling we needed.

Also, after the affairs and lies, the trust of course had to be rebuilt. By us both deciding to truly give ourselves to God we were able to save our marriage. We placed God as the head, redefined our relationship, became transparent, and recognized that we needed each other.

We constantly sought God and prayed for his will to be done in our marriage. We made a decision to not allow the enemy to deceive or influence us. I had to put everything in Gods hands. I couldn't worry or wonder about anything or look back. I had to learn to trust my husband who was a God fearing man. He had been humbled and humiliated. But, most importantly, he had been delivered. He also had to trust that God would keep us together, and guess what? He has!

Lloyd and Nicole

Eugene and I began couples counseling in January 2007. We both agreed that godly counseling was something we needed in order to have a marriage based on godly principles. We were married July 2007. We purchased a foreclosed home and began repairing it. Eugene walked away from his job and began doing small home repairs with his friend.

Our marriage began to take a downward turn. Eugene's friend always smoked and drank and Eugene did this with him. I knew he smoked and drank when we met, but I was unaware of the extent of these habits. Eugene then wanted to go into the restaurant business, which I did not agree with, but supported him.

Loss of money, bad business partnerships and exhaustion caused Eugene to hit rock bottom and me to question whether our marriage was something I really believed God for. I demanded that he stop smoking and drinking so we immediately went back into couples counseling.

Counseling turned our marriage around. Now Eugene and I are on solid ground and walking in the same direction...towards God. If it had not been for couples counseling I know I would have left my husband. We trusted God with our marriage, our finances and our son and the Lord did not fail us!!!

Eugene and Glenda

We had been married about a year and a half when a painful realization hit us. Try as we might to ignore the problem, and as much as we loved each other, we had to face an awful truth: We got on each others' nerves.

Our personalities clashed like plaid and polka-dots. I am one way, and she is another. I (Darrell) like to find answers and share my discoveries, but she thought I was an arrogant know-it-all. Charlotte like things a certain way, in a certain time frame. She is usually very orderly. I took this to mean she liked giving orders and having her way.

Then, there was my laid-back, small town Southern gentility and her Northern, big-city persistence. The perfect storm? You bet. It was like this until we took a spiritual gifts class at our church. There we learned that God had indeed put us together to complement each other. It turns out that I am a teacher and Char is an administrator! The perfect storm is now the perfect match. She motivates me, and I keep her grounded. We are so grateful to God that he has done a work in both of us, that we can celebrate each others' gifts and glorify Him in all we do together!!

Darrell and Charlotte

It all began more than 14 years ago. Yeah, that long ago. Well, actually, the trouble began before we got married. A situation arose where I felt that I could not trust anymore. It was nothing detrimental, but striking enough for me to begin having feelings of "leave me alone" and "get away from me."

It started there, but it did not stop there. As me and my husband, boyfriend then, continued on with our relationship, this unresolved issue remained buried under the surface. Never the less, we went on to get engaged, planned the wedding and got married.

After we were married, the hurt that I had been suppressing began to grow - into bitterness, hatred and regret. The hurt and bitterness caused turmoil and division in our marriage. I was mad. I was still hurting from the past. In my mind, someone had to pay!

One evening, my husband and I had a talk. We began to re-open this baggage, if you will. We both laid out all of our differences. Immediately, the healing process began. I forgave my husband that very night. God then worked in me and removed all bitterness.

I knew that God had worked a miracle in me because not only had I forgiven my husband, but I was now able to love the other individuals that had been involved in this situation. I no longer felt that anyone needed to pay for hurting me. God is truly a mender of broken hearts!

I know that Jesus Christ freed me from sin and has given me the strength not to return to that place ever again. God really is the Great I AM!!!

I can do everything by the power of Christ. He gives me strength. - Phillippians 4:13

Donald and Dawn

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