Both women emphasized that it’s often more powerful to represent Christ in your actions rather than trying to nag or pressure your spouse into coming to church or becoming a Christian.

The Bible is clear about not being “unequally yoked,” but what if you become a Christian once married and your spouse doesn’t follow suit?

Christian authors Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller spoke about being married to nonbelieving husbands today on Focus on the Family radio.

In their co-authored book, Winning Him Without Words, they highlight the struggles of being in a marriage where their spouse doesn’t share their spiritual beliefs, and also how to overcome and thrive regardless of the situation.

Both Donovan and Miller went to church as children, but walked away from it in their early 20s and throughout college. During those years they both met their husbands and were married, and said Christianity didn’t play a pivotal role in their lives.

But three years into Donavan’s marriage she came back to her faith, even though her spouse wanted nothing to do with it. It was then, she said, that they “stepped off into the journey of being unequally yoked.”

She explained that this caused some resentment and fear on her husband’s part. “This isn’t the girl I married,” he thought.

It made for a rocky road at the beginning, and Donovan noted that in many “unequal” marriages this tension often leads to jealousy because the wife’s attention is more focused on another man – pursuing Christ – rather than him.

Miller said she struggled with the same thing after she became the Christian in her marriage……

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