"At our age, it's easier to just give up than fight for this."
How it sounds in your head: I'm exhausted. Fighting for this marriage takes energy I don't have anymore. Young people can do the hard work—I just want peace, even if it's the peace of separation.
"He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
-- Isaiah 40:29-31Enemy lie that age justifies surrender, that weariness makes quitting wise.
Every effort feels like climbing stairs with bad knees. He's tired in his bones, and fighting for something that's been hard for decades feels impossible.
At age 85, asked for the mountain with the giants on it—declared 'I am as strong this day as the day Moses sent me, give me THIS MOUNTAIN.' Conquered it and drove out giants at an age when others retire.
I REFUSE the lie that age justifies surrender or that weariness disqualifies me from victory. IT IS WRITTEN: God gives power to the weak and renews strength of those who wait on Him—even youths faint but He makes me mount up with eagle wings. Caleb took GIANTS at 85, Moses led millions at 80. IT IS WRITTEN that the battle is the Lord's, not mine—I don't fight in my strength. I stand in the BARAK blessing that made Abraham father nations at 100, Sarah conceive at 90. Age is irrelevant to covenant power. God is renewing my strength NOW.
The Father isn't asking you to fight in your own exhausted strength—He's mounting you up on eagle wings. The battle is HIS, and He's never tired of fighting for your marriage.