This is Week 42 in the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. There is a particular grief that settles in when the lights go off and the house finally grows quiet. A spouse lies awake replaying another tense evening—sharp words, cold silence, or that heavy sense of distance—and whispers, “This is not the marriage I imagined when I said ‘I do.’” The vows were real, the hopes were sincere, and yet the daily reality feels far from the pictures in premarital counseling brochures.​ Scripture does not pretend that marriage is easy or always satisfying. It speaks honestly about suffering, sin, disappointment, and complex situations, while also holding out a Savior who…