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This Marriage Week: the seven things to remember when working on your relationship
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Claire Musters2023-02-08T09:30:00
During Marriage Week, Claire Musters encourages us with tips on how to stay the course in our marriages – even as we navigate huge changes.
We are in the midst of Marriage Week (February 7–14), which has moved back to February to include Valentine’s Day. But don’t worry, I’m not here to give you cheesy ideas on how to keep the romance alive. Rather, I want to acknowledge that after the first flush of romance dies down, we then are faced with the choice of whether to love in all seasons. This can be a real challenge, but it is possible for our love to grow and mature.
Steve and I will be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary this summer and during that time we have seen a lot of changes and weathered many storms. Within the first decade we faced the possibility of our marriage being over, and yet, through God’s grace, came through that.
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