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Couple Celebrate Divorce After 13 Years of Marriage
A couple have taken to the social media to celebrate their divorce after 13 years of mar- riage.
Following their split, the couple shared the les- sons they learnt from their long union. And one major highlight of the lessons they talked about was hear- ing from God.
Read below:
It’s official. Yesterday our divorce was finalized. After our court hear- ing we had a celebratory lunch together, ringing in our next season of life as friends and co-parents.
As we reflected on our 13 years of marriage, together we came up with 5 marital lessons we learned along the way:
1) Take the time to REALLY get to know yourself, your purpose, your vision, your priorities, and your core values before commit- ting yourself to someone else for life. Get clear on your non- negotiables and on your deal breakers before saying “I Do”. Otherwise, your newfound vision can create divi- sion if it’s not in alignment.
2) Even if you believe you heard from God, there’s no need to rush to the altar. Take your time and enjoy the process of courtship, or you’ll find your- self getting to know each other after you’re already married.
3) Before getting married, make sure your priori- ties are compati- ble and don’t
ignore core value differ- ences. While marriage takes compromise, there are some things that can’t be compro- mised. Eventually, either you’ll try to be someone you’re not, or you’ll try to change the other person into someone they’re not and it won’t work.
4) Marriage
takes work. Don’t underesti- mate the amount of work that it takes to build a strong marriage. Go to marriage seminars togeth- er before getting married, learn what it really takes, and make sure you’re both willing to put in the work togeth- er. If you don’t grow together you’re gonna grow apart.
20/20. We may not be able to change the past, but what we can do is make the best of our cur- rent situation and of the future, out of love and respect for ourselves and for our son. Life doesn’t always work out exactly how we planned, but God can still get the glory from our story.
We truly believe all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. God can still make something Good out of our situation. We are both proud of the life we built together over the past 13 years. And through this marriage, the most wonderful miracle was born, Jacob Victorious Bell.
5) Hindsight is
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