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The Gift of Being Fully Known (and Fully Loved) · Doing Marriage Well

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  Doing Marriage Well for July 7th, 2026 The Gift of Being Fully Known and Fully
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  Loved Following the freedom to be wrong, the second freedom that should exist
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  in a marriage is the freedom to be yourself.
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  This one is huge. Some folks don't feel they can be fully themselves at work,
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  and many feel the same way among friends.
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  We connect, but we hold back some of our more unique bits.
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  We did things in the past we didn't share. We avoid certain subjects because
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  we fear or know others don't agree with our opinions.
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  Your marriage should be a place where you can be yourself and speak your mind.
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  That doesn't mean your spouse must agree with you, but it does mean they don't
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  judge or attack you for what you think.
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  If you haven't caught on, I'm a bit eccentric. The phrase a bit will give my
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  wife a laugh when she reads this. She says, yep.
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  I see things most don't see and make connections most don't make.
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  One friend calls me the king of random, but what seems random to him is actually connected in my mind.
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  My close friends know I'm eccentric, but they don't get all of it.
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  I try to know my audience.
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  My wife, however, gets all of me with very little filtering and she accepts and loves me.
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  I can't say she always understands, but her love and acceptance are consistent.
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  Can you reveal all of yourself to your spouse? You encourage your spouse to
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  reveal all of themselves to you?
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  It's one of the best gifts you can give. You married your spouse because of
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  the unique person they were.
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  Except in their oddities may take some effort, but it's a blessing worth giving.
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  This is Paul, and every person looks different.