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Today, Brian and I got the privilege to guest post over at RefineUs.org. Justin and Trisha are GREAT friends of ours and have built an amazing ministry out of their story. Talk about beauty from ashes.
If you didn’t know, Justin and Trish were an instrumental part to the restoration of Brian and my marriage. They are good people… OUR people.
Here’s an excerpt from our post:
When we got married (Brian was 26 & Jenni was 22), our thoughts and concerns at the time were about one thing: Our STATUS.
We’re not saying we didn’t love each other or that we shouldn’t have gotten married… we’re simply stating that our new “status” was more attractive than thinking about the reality of what marriage meant.
It wasn’t till after we divorced our old marriage that we FINALLY began to talk about these things. We talked about our dreams, our desires, our goals… and soon realized we both wanted …
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Check in there all week. They have a great line-up of guest-bloggers who are worth reading.
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I love the openness you two have, not only about what you’ve gone through… but what got you there. My parents gave each of my siblings and Engaged Encounter weekend as an engagement gift so they would go on a retreat that made them discuss these things before they got married. I always thought it was a nice thing they did, but as I get older and see my friends learn in their marriages, I realize it was an amazing gift.
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Jenni Clayville Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
HA… seriously… Brian and I went to that our first year of marriage and again later. Yes, we got the tools we needed… but still never chose to use them.
So, it comes down to whether you practice of just let yourself go stagnant in relationships.
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I stumble upon your blog every once in a while through Allison’s. I recently watched the video of your husband “re-proposing” {& cried} without knowing the story. Now I have read your story and just wanted to tell you I deeply admire your honesty. I can’t imagine how difficult that must have been (& still must be) but God is obviously blessing you because you did the difficult thing. I pray blessings on your marriage in the coming years. Your story will help so many. Congrats.
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Jenni Clayville Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Faith… THANK YOU for your kind words. And I hope you come by more often
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