Marriage Lessons from Shania Twain

The other week, I read a story about the performer, Shania Twain. In the story she relayed how her spouse cheated on her as she struggled with the effects of Lyme disease.

Prior to her medical condition, her career was promising. She was attractive and going places. She won five Emmy awards and was the preeminent female entertainer. At that point, the world was hers.

Things changed when she was struck with Lyme disease. When her conditioned worsened, she found herself losing control of her body and her marriage.

As she struggled with her illness and its crippling effects, her spouse cheated on her. She had fame and fortune, but it didn’t protect her from infidelity.

At the time she needed a supportive husband, he wasn’t there. She was left a physical wreck and her marriage was broken.

I suppose that her spouse didn’t remember the wedding vows about ‘in sickness and in health’. He made the choice to cheat.

She trusted him. He was not only her husband, but also her producer.

In my mind, cheating on an ailing spouse is one of the lowest things you can do. I know they have struggles as well, but that doesn’t excuse their solution to their situation.

Shania struggled with what to do. The feelings were intense.

“Getting a divorce with the person that you work with for 15 years of your life, is getting a divorce from every element of your life.

Her situation has some lessons for your marriage as well.

No amount of money or fame can protect you from sudden health problems.

No amount of money or fame can prevent an affair from impacting your marriage.

Although you can’t keep an affair from happening, you can do something to turn your marriage around. The downloadable, “Affair Recovery Workshop” provides you with techniques and direction in turning things around.

Your marriage doesn’t have to stay wrecked and broken. There are things you can do that change the relationship the two of you have.

Shania’s money also didn’t protect her from the struggle and pain. You can learn from her life and make your marriage better.

Best Regards,

Jeff

 

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  1. Every time I see an older couple who have weathered the storms of life faithfully I let them know how much I admire them and am thankful for them …it may seem strange and maybe a bit forward but I am so sad they seem so few and far between these days and I had so longed to be among those who like testify to the great benefit and blessing of a marriage built upon the commitment …at least processing Christians make during their wedding ceremonies

    Sadly my the generations that are being raised more and more are ignorant of the reasons God has for the instructions to husband and wife and yes even according to the way He designed gender differences to glorify Him and bless each one

    Rejecting and revolting against knowledge of the Word and the neglect of teaching how to study and rightly divided the scriptures has wrought a lot of confused and biblically illiterate among believers

    So indeed struggling with some physical issues and lacking the support of a spouse who justifies their “needs” before their responsibilities let alone learning to love despite a season where they are called upon to serve and sacrifice is an additional wound upon an already difficult and challenging time

    My heart delights in faithful men married for many years to one woman and their obedience to the instructions God has provided is evident in a way those less apt to bite the bait Satan offers to the destruction of so many lives ☹️

    1. Zaza,

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Your insights are always amazing! Your statement, “generations are being raised more and more ignorant of the reasons God has for the instructions to husband and wife and yes even according to the way He designed gender differences to glorify Him and bless each one” is very true.

      I was reminded how true it is while attending a Counseling Skills Conference in Las Vegas. The ‘experts’ are often ignorant of such simple things as the differences between men and women. When you can’t understand the differences, how can you understand the needs of each of them, let alone the responsibilities of each of them.

      It saddened me thinking about how many people are being led astray by such experts whose books are taking people in the wrong direction. One of them was an author of one of the ‘Chicken Soup’ books. Tragically, he views the key to intimacy tied to culturally defined “gender identification boundaries’. When the expert doesn’t know that men and women are born with differences rather than it all being ‘cultural’, how can people have a solid basis for intimacy?

      The older generations knew how to keep relationships in tact as they grow old together. There is definitely something to be said for that.

      Best Regards,

      Jeff

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