{"id":6914,"date":"2024-04-25T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2024-04-25T14:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:51:25","slug":"for-king-countrys-luke-smallbone-opens-up-about-marriage-i-fiercely-love-my-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2024\/04\/for-king-countrys-luke-smallbone-opens-up-about-marriage-i-fiercely-love-my-wife.html","title":{"rendered":"For King & Country’s Luke Smallbone Opens Up About Marriage: ‘I Fiercely Love My Wife’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luke Smallbone, one half of the Grammy-winning Christian duo For King & Country, is no stranger to struggle. The challenges he and his wife have endured have proven to be blessings in their lives. Smallbone told CBN News, \u201cI fiercely love my wife. And a lot of that has to do with the fact that we\u2019ve actually been through some things. We actually lived out our vows in our 20s. Not many people are saying, \u2018Hey, I\u2019ve lived out my vows in my 20s.\u2019 They usually think that\u2019s gonna take place in their 60s and 80s.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cBut for us, living out those things has given our relationship the ability to look back and say, \u2018Hey, if we went through this, why can\u2019t we go through that?\u2019 And I think that\u2019s been nothing but a good thing for us.\u201d Smallbone\u2019s wife, Courtney, has\u00a0opened up to CBN News\u00a0in the past about her intense fight with crippling anxiety and drug addiction brought on, respectively, by a rare disease diagnosis and severe morning sickness during her second pregnancy. Thanks to her husband\u2019s support and the Lord\u2019s faithfulness in her life, Courtney has found healing and freedom from her addiction.<\/p>\n

Reflecting, Smallbone sees how God has used painful things, like the potential loss of their son, to speak to him and his wife. \u201cWhen pain comes, allow that to be an opportunity for change,\u201d he said, sharing a lesson God has taught him over the years. \u201c[I]f something catastrophic happened and I lose my marbles, it probably says something about me. It probably has less to do with the circumstance.\u201d Avoiding pain and suffering is a natural human instinct. In Western culture, one of the ways people often try to numb or distract themselves from difficulty is by filling their calendars with things \u2014 events to busy their bodies and minds.<\/p>\n

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