Defeat Emotional Wars: Fighting the Battle Within

I was listening to a sermon from Bishop T.D. Jakes one day. In it, he encouraged longtime married couples to be honest about the struggles in their relationships so younger couples would not have unrealistic expectations. He joked that when husbands and wives who have been together “50 years” say they have been “happily married” all that time, they lie.

Bishop Jakes is right. No one is happy every single day. There are good days and bad ones; ups and downs; struggles and triumphs; rainy and sunny skies; blissful and dreadful days.

Anyone who won’t admit that is just not being authentic.

But the good news is, if you stick together and work through the rough patches, things will smooth out eventually. I know this for a fact after 17 years of marriage—a comparatively short time when I take into account that my grandparents fall into the 50-year married class.

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