When Your Spouse is Cold to Jesus
For the last several years, my husband has struggled with spiritual apathy and dryness. It started shortly after I had emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy. Shortly after recovering, I became pregnant with our third child. My husband had received some disappointing career news, which led to an expected "funk." Unfortunately, this coincided with a time of transitioning churches meaning he had minimal biblical community and little to no accountability. It created the perfect storm for a "funk" to easily slide into a years-long season of darkness spiritually. Despite his continued discipline of daily bible reading and weekly worship services, all of his zeal for the Lord was gone. His heart was apathetic at best, which trickled down into our marriage and his parenting. I felt incredibly lonely. We shared no spiritual interest or desires, which meant our shared conversations revolved around family logistics and meaningless check-ins. My husband drifted away fro...
