OK so I'm an optimist....always looking on the bright side of things. Yet when I talk about being unequally yoked I often feel as though I sound like I'm complaining. I'm not complaining though as I have nothing to complain about 
I'm very happy even thought this isn't the ideal.
Anyway, as I said, I'm an optimist and always looking on the bright side of situations and being unequally yoked hasn't escaped that. So I find myself thinking that yes, it can be tough if my beliefs clash with his and yes, I do miss not being able to share my faith with him but there's also good things that have come from being unequally yoked.
For example, I find my husband keeps my feet on the ground. I think without him I'd probably end up being the most intolerant person in the world. OK so that's an exaggeration but he keeps me grounded so that I don't end up shunning everything that's non-Christian...in a country where there's such diversity of cultures this is a good thing.
Hearing his views and seeing the way he acts keeps me examining my beliefs. It makes me actually think about them instead of just blindly accepting them. This is also good as I've always found that I need to go over things in my mind and think rather than just accept if my beliefs are to be strong and stay strong.
My faith and the bible are a bit of a mystery to him. Despite him attending church with his mother as a kid he doesn't know much about either. Yet he respects them and encourages me to go to church, to read the bible and even to create summaries of bible chapters so that he can read them too (he's dyslexic so doesn't like reading much unless it's something he's very interested in so I'm rather chuffed that even though he says church is "not his thing" that he is willing to read summaries of the bible). Basically, I've seen such changes in him as he's gone from someone that's not interested in anything spiritual to someone that encourages me and seems willing to at least learn about it. I'm thankful that I've been able to witness these changes.
So yes, it's not the ideal, it can be tough if (or rather when) beliefs clash, there are aspects that are missed out on and I wouldn't recommended it to anyone. But even so I can see good in it.
I'm very happy even thought this isn't the ideal.Anyway, as I said, I'm an optimist and always looking on the bright side of situations and being unequally yoked hasn't escaped that. So I find myself thinking that yes, it can be tough if my beliefs clash with his and yes, I do miss not being able to share my faith with him but there's also good things that have come from being unequally yoked.
For example, I find my husband keeps my feet on the ground. I think without him I'd probably end up being the most intolerant person in the world. OK so that's an exaggeration but he keeps me grounded so that I don't end up shunning everything that's non-Christian...in a country where there's such diversity of cultures this is a good thing.
Hearing his views and seeing the way he acts keeps me examining my beliefs. It makes me actually think about them instead of just blindly accepting them. This is also good as I've always found that I need to go over things in my mind and think rather than just accept if my beliefs are to be strong and stay strong.
My faith and the bible are a bit of a mystery to him. Despite him attending church with his mother as a kid he doesn't know much about either. Yet he respects them and encourages me to go to church, to read the bible and even to create summaries of bible chapters so that he can read them too (he's dyslexic so doesn't like reading much unless it's something he's very interested in so I'm rather chuffed that even though he says church is "not his thing" that he is willing to read summaries of the bible). Basically, I've seen such changes in him as he's gone from someone that's not interested in anything spiritual to someone that encourages me and seems willing to at least learn about it. I'm thankful that I've been able to witness these changes.
So yes, it's not the ideal, it can be tough if (or rather when) beliefs clash, there are aspects that are missed out on and I wouldn't recommended it to anyone. But even so I can see good in it.
I'd rather be in a loving, unequally yoked marriage than an equally yoked, unloving marriage.
