Six years in, I got into a really bad place where my name for God became the God who could but does not.

I just laid my head on the pillow. could but does not.

I just laid my head on the pillow at night

when I normally would just naturally start praying

and I didn't. Welcome to Family Life Today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

I'm Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are David Ann Wilson.

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This is Family Life Today. So you know there's a pretty important and famous phrase in the marriage vows that as a

pastor I've done hundreds of weddings and every time I have a couple repeat these vows, I think to myself, married 43 years,

they have no idea what they're saying.

They have no, but you know, for better or for worse.

And every couple, not every couple, but most couples think,

oh, this is going to be better.

There's going to be bitter, very little worse.

And the other one, in sickness and in health.

Right.

And they think it's going to be mostly health.

Until we get old, maybe, you know, when we get really old we might have a few health issues,

but the reality is...

Suffering's coming to every marriage in one way or another.

Yeah.

And we started a conversation yesterday

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