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When pastoral marriage becomes a prison

I'm a pastor's wife and I haven't felt attracted to my husband in two years but leaving would destroy not just our marriage but his calling and I don't know which sin is greater.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The heart withers under the weight of representing more than itself, trapped between authentic desire and sacred duty.

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