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Love Hurts

There’s a well-known Roy Orbison song called “Love Hurts” that kicks off with these words: “Love hurts/love’s scars, love wounds and mars.”

While singer Roy Orbison was no marriage guru, his lyrics hit home. You feel pain when someone you love betrays or injures you. Certain actions or attitudes – unfaithfulness, selfishness, addiction — can wreak emotional and even physical wounds on a relationship that’s supposed to make you feel happy and safe. And when those wounds come from the person with whom you’ve joined yourself, heart and soul, in a covenant before God, the knife twists–and the pain increases.

The truth is, sometimes love hurts because we’re fallen creatures living in a fallen world. This broken world often hands us unwelcome trials –  a job loss, a miscarriage, a chronic illness, a child with special needs. But sometimes our own needy nature causes us to inflict pain on our spouse by succumbing to volcanic anger, abuse, or an addiction (pornography, alcohol, even television). Whether it’s done unwittingly or intentionally, we damage our marriage when we go MIA emotionally, fight, or react to conflict in passive-aggressive or narcissistic ways instead of ways that honor God and resolve problems.

When your spouse hurts you, your marriage is hurt. And when your marriage is hurt, you hurt. It’s as simple and as circular as that, like the wedding band you wear. But God can provide hope, help, and healing. Check out the following articles to help you when love hurts — and your marriage feels the pain.

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Why God Cares About Your Sex Life (and You Should Too)

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  • Juli Slattery
When our three sons were little, one of their favorite toys was LEGO bricks. I spent practically every Christmas morning for over a decade helping them build castles, spaceships, and…
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Is Porn Cheating?

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  • Sheri Mueller
FREE Restoring What’s Been Lost eBook Betrayal Trauma is Real Restoring What’s Been Lost — available exclusively on Marriagetrac —  is the exact roadmap to help you get through the…
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When Your Marriage Car Takes a Wrong Turn

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  • Vicki Losson
Often, when a marriage — or anything else in life — is in trouble we turn to our faith for help. We pray and we may meet with the pastor…
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Why Is Your Husband Drawn to Porn?

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  • Joann Condie and Geremy Keeton
In an online TED Talk titled “Everything You Think You Know about Addiction Is Wrong,” author Johann Hari explains that the opposite of addiction is real and caring human connection.1…
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How-to Apologize for Breaking Your Wife’s Heart

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  • Elle Grant
A Guide for Husbands Often I hear something like, “I told you I was sorry about the affair ten times so let’s drop it already.” That won’t cut it. High-stakes…
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5 Things the Church Misunderstands About Trauma in a #MeToo World

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  • Mary DeMuth
There is still so much we do not know about the aftereffects of sexual abuse, but one thing is certain: This kind of soul-killing assault leads to trauma. And trauma…
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6 Things to Do When You Suspect A Friend is Abused 

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  • Natalie Collins
Niamh approached Marion during the women’s event ministry time. She spoke tentatively about her husband’s abusive behavior and Marion responded, ‘What you need to do is put a little love…
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3 Common Fears in Relationships

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  • Dr. Laurel Shaler
The woman gently rocked back and forth in the chair, her arms crossed as if to cuddle herself. With her head tucked down, she didn’t seem to mind the tears…
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What We Get Wrong About Forgiveness

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  • Meg Wilson
The glowworm is not the only insect to produce its own light. If you take a glowworm and give it wings, it’s called a firefly. If you take grace and…
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Christian Marriage Counseling

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  • Robert Burbee
What is a Christian Marriage Counselor? • Also See Christian Marriage Counseling Near Me If you find yourself in a place where there are no recommendations from people you trust, then…
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