Of course, we often fail to do this. Many times, sadly, I have been for Becky a taste of hell, and, likewise, she has been an acrid presence for me. This is not because we don’t love each other or belong together; it is because we possess frailties no human can escape. But it is by design that these rise to the surface in marriage, so we can sense how God treats our hurts and needs, and so he can grab hold of broken parts of us and make us new.
