Story behind "Love Can Make a Way"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hafWMQ56Y-kI used to be terrified to get married.  As a kid of divorce, I grew to assume I was better off on my own, or at least better off not making a commitment to someone.  I thought, people change; expectations go unmet; hard times come; how long can people really stand each other in a marriage?My college boyfriend (now husband) was a kid of divorce too.  So the chances looked pretty slim that we'd have what it takes to form a good marriage.  Could we somehow become good enough to make it?  Sometimes we can both be a hot mess in different ways. So if we're honest... probably not.I always heard you can't go into marriage expecting to change or "improve" the other person.  He might always struggle with picking up after himself and eating up leftovers.  But, flipping the magnifying glass to me: I might always struggle with cooking good meals, keeping on top of cleaning, and getting up at a decent hour like a grown-up.But we try.And we extend grace and mercy when we fail.That is how we love each other.As I was writing this song, meaning to express my love for, faith in, and commitment to my husband, I realized that I needed to admit: We will never be good enough.BUT thank God for His example, in loving us--dying for us--while we were still sinners.  And thank God for the example of good marriages forming around us, that gave us the courage to take that leap of faith, believing that love can make a way.  Not only that we'll make it, but that being married to one another will be a blessing to us. That is what it has been.I respect my husband tremendously. As "iron sharpens iron," he helps me become a better me.  We serve together, work together, and we have A TON of fun together!  I can't imagine my life without him as my spouse. Life--our marriage--is not perfect. (Really... I promise we're not good enough!) But he demonstrates God's love for me. I love living life alongside him, knowing without a doubt that in our commitment, I am secure in our unity, I am safe with him, and I am loved forever.Some advice from older couples, that has stuck with me:

• "You are not your spouse's enemy. You're on the same team." (It grieves me when I see couples disrespecting each other, or trying to make the other person lose an argument! If one loses; we both lose.)
• "When one is down, the other will pull you both up."
• "We have fun together!"
• "Marriage is not 50/50. It is 100/100. Don't divide the work in half. Give it all you've got to serve the other person."
• "Choose to love. Choose to respect. Do this actively when they're around as well as when they're not around--no matter how loving or respectable the other person is acting. Don't put them down." 
• "It's a mindset. Expect that you will work together to make it through the tough stuff, and you will."
• "You have God in the center. That's all you need. He always makes a way."