The main aspect of adjusting to married life is learning to
live with someone new. And he’s not just another roommate – he does not have
his own room and me mine. We cannot just assume the other person will fend for
themselves. We are put in a situation where we are inter-dependent. Sleep
habits, eating habits, hygiene habits suddenly come in conflict with one
another.
You want to go to bed at what time?
You’re hungry now? But dinner won’t be ready for half an
hour.
Why’d you leave that there instead of putting it away?
All those nice things are just cropping up. What it calls
for is grace. Marriage, really, is all about grace – all about seeing the
other’s imperfections and loving and embracing them all the while. And the
beginning portion of marriage calls for it in full.
Yes, Magnus does things that annoy
me (and I know I do things that drive him up the wall), but we must rely on
grace above all. Not grace in and of ourselves, but grace dependent on the
grace and forgiveness we receive from Christ. If we are not daily drawing grace
and mercy from Christ, we have no hope to show such to one another.
So as we continue to adjust, may we continue to hold onto
God’s grace and allow that to overflow to one another.
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