When her unbelieving husband wanted to reconcile with her, Shirley's children told her she was

crazy to let him back into her life, but Shirley saw it differently.

It's not a choice. It was something I had to do. If we say we are Christians, then we have to

walk it out day in and day out.

It's Monday, July 10th, and you're listening to revive our hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss.

If you're married, do you remember your wedding vows? The traditional vows contain those familiar phrases, for better or worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part.

Well, I'm not married, but I've spoken with enough married people to know that when the sickness, the poverty,

and the worst sides of life come along, the commitment you made before God and witnesses can be tested,

and sometimes severely. Perhaps that's where you are, or maybe you have a son or daughter or friend

who's in a difficult marriage. I hope you'll stay tuned to this whole week because we're

going to talk about for better or worse, marriage when it's tough. My longtime friend Holly Yelliff

has been a guest with us on Reviver Hearts in the past and she joins us again all this week.

Holly, thanks so much for being with us. I love being here, Nancy. Holly is a pastor's wife.

She's been married for over 30 years.

She and her husband, Bill, have eight precious children who are in many different seasons of life.

Holly, explain to our listeners about the format for this week.

We actually gathered a group of women together at a local church and really just had an open forum related to

the area of marriage and long-term marriages sometimes and even difficult marriages and how to be

faithful in those. And the women were very candid and open as they shared, as were you in your

responses to their questions and answers. Today we're

going to talk about staying married to a husband who's not a believer. In 1 Peter 3, the

Apostle Peter encourages women to strive to win their husbands without a word. Shirley is one of the

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