[4] An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Dani and I have been married for almost nineteen years. We like to joke (sort of) and say we've been happily married for three. The truth is, we both made a ton of mistakes. I more so than her. We have both given up at one time or another. Making it this far seemed impossible four years ago...
Marriage is a lot of hard work. It doesn't work well for long unless God is at the center of it. When the Lord became the center of our marriage, everything changed. I don't really know what rottenness to the bones is like, but I have experienced the blessing of a "crown" wife. Everything is better when Jesus does it.