One fabulous Thinker

Scripture: “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.” — Psalm 139:23 We all bring something into marriage. Some of it is beautiful: our love, our hopes, our faith, our dreams, our willingness to build a life together. But we also bring things we didn't necessarily choose. Fears. Insecurities. Old wounds. Expectations. Ways of protecting ourselves. Ways of communicating. Things we learned about love before we ever knew what healthy love looked like. And sometimes we don't realize we're carrying them until something in our marriage touches a place we thought was long gone. A conversation suddenly feels bigger than the conversation. A quiet moment feels like rejection. A disagreement feels unsafe. A simple question feels like criticism. And we may wonder, Why did I react that way? Sometimes the answer isn't only in what happened. Sometimes it's in what happened before . That's where God invites us to slow down....