How to Know If You're Actually Healing Before Marriage
Time passing is not the same thing as healing happening. Sometimes we assume that because something happened years ago, we must be over it by now. The relationship ended. The betrayal happened. The disappointment passed. We moved to a new city, started a new job, met new people, or simply entered a different season of life. But time can create distance from a wound without actually healing it. And this matters when you're preparing for marriage. Marriage has a way of bringing the parts of us that haven't been dealt with into closer view. The fears we thought we'd outgrown, the trust issues we thought were gone, the resentment we thought we'd released, and the beliefs we formed because of past experiences can all influence the way we love. That doesn't mean you need to be perfectly healed before you can be loved or married. It means it's worth becoming honest about what you're carrying. Healing isn't about becoming a woman who has never been hurt. It'...