It is stunted emotions, feelings, and appetites that make unreasonable demands. It is the assumption that my needs are more important than yours. It is the cause for divorce. Marriages cannot succeed in a vacuum. They require the love, support, and insight of a community, a church in which to grow and thrive.
All marriages experience stress and confusion.
When our energy is depleted and the pain is unspeakable, we need people who can be strong for us and remind us that nothing is impossible for God. Scripture gives us a worst-case scenario in John 8. A woman caught in the act of adultery was dragged from the scene and brought before a crowd in total humiliation. Jesus did three specific things that ministered to her in her failure and shame. First, he removed the public stigma.