Entitlement or Exposure? A New Dynamic to View Your Marriage

It’s always a joy for me to help Simply Sacred readers discover new authors. This week’s post is written by Dr. Corey Allan, a friend of mine and an experienced marriage counselor. He cuts to the core with an insightful perspective: the vast majority of us got married with an “entitlement” attitude, which Corey describes as seeking “companionship, security and fulfillment, viewing our spouse as the missing piece that will make us whole. It’s the notion that because we are in a relationship, we are entitled to have our needs met, our desires fulfilled, and our lives enriched.”

But what if marriage is about exposing our true selves so that we can pursue intimacy and personal growth? Of course, marriage is also about glorifying God, but this post leads us to reconsider the presuppositions with which we enter marriage and shows how an entitlement focus can lead us to misery and alienation instead of growth and intimacy.

Read this blog on Substack HERE.

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