On The Other Side of Reconciliation: Jeff & Cheryl Scruggs

Our guests for today’s episode of On The Other Side are Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs. From the outside, Jeff & Cheryl seemed to have it all. But their picture-perfect image came crumbling down when Cheryl had an affair, leading to the end of a ten year marriage. This is their incredible story of being on the other side of reconciliation.

Jeff and Cheryl walk us through their journey of being in a worldly marriage for ten years, being divorced for seven, then eventually reconciling and now celebrating twenty years of marriage. They talk about Cheryl’s struggle with guilt and shame from the affair, becoming a Christian two months after the divorce, and the hard work it took to rebuild their marriage after so many years apart. They opened up about the fear that they experienced as they were pursuing reconciliation, but ultimately knowing that obedience to God’s calling was where they needed to be. We love when they said, “We never take our marriage for granted, because it’s amazing that we got a second chance.” This conversation was such an encouragement and reminder to us that obedience to Christ isn’t easy, but the story He is writing is truly abundantly more than we can ask or imagine. To hear more about their unique story, make sure to check out their book I Do Again: How We Found a Second Chance at Our Marriage — And You Can Too.

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