7 Ways to Get Your Marriage Out of the "Roommate" Phase
When my publisher asked me to write a marriage article on this topic, I accepted—I wanted to help. There have been a lot of anonymous posts in my local Facebook group about divorce. The pace of life with children, especially these days, does not make marriage easy. But good marriages, like faith, are worth fighting for. My prayer is that you use this summer to bless your marriage! As a married woman of almost twenty-three years (That's me and my husband above!), I can say that a successful marriage is an active choice, not a passive one. Jesus tells us what happens when we wed: A husband and wife become one flesh. It's a bond that no one should separate (Mark 10:6–9). But what happens when the embers grow dim and marriage feels mechanical? If you're honest, maybe you haven't left your marriage, but your body, mind, and spirit have begun to drift. Living in the roommate phase spells danger. For one, adultery statistics are convicting. 20% of marr...
