You know something we don’t talk about enough with young doe-eyed dreamers swept up in a bubble of love? Building a strong, Gospel-centered marriage requires work. Hard work. Sacrificial work. It requires time you might not think you have. It demands vulnerability that feels risky. It asks you to examine areas of your heart that you’d rather leave alone. There’s no shortcut to a thriving marriage. You have to lean into the hard, sometimes uncomfortable, but always worthwhile work of growing together. A motto I’ve come to again and again in various season and applications of life is this: You have to value the results over the discomfort of change.
