Fighting for your marriage can be hard because well life happens. You have to be intentional to actively fight for your marriage.
Jeff Borkoski, author of Better Man, Better Marriage, has said, “The worse pain wasn’t standing before the judge saying the marriage was over but that his ex-wife would never see the man he has become.” (I can’t remember the exact quote but this is the main idea).
Don’t wait until it’s too late. Give your best to your spouse now. Quit making excuses. Quit saying, “This is just a season” because that is just life. One season to the next. I am not a fan of winter so I can either be as bitter about it as it is cold or make the best of it.
It starts with you. You working on you. You leading the way.
Yes, men I am speaking to you because if your wife is leading then your marriage days are numbered. She married a man, not a child she has to care for.
Get off your phone and talk to her. Leave work at work. As one of my friends has said, “You start your second job when you get home.”
Turn the TV off. Go exercise. Even better, go for a walk with your spouse and ask about their day.
Don’t stay the man she fell in love with. Be the man she continues to fall in love with.