Audrey Roloff Opens up About What She Lacks in Her Marriage

TLC star, Audrey Roloff and her husband, Jeremy are patiently awaiting the arrival of their baby girl this year, but it’s not an easy feat for the first-time mom-to-be.

In an Instagram post shared on Tuesday to her official account, the Little People, Big World star says she is learning a lot about gentleness from her husband, Jeremy.

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I’ve been learning a lot from @jeremyroloff about gentleness. He is not quick to lash out, react, or demand. He is kind, patience, and gentle. Me on the other hand… gentleness is not one of my strengths😅 It’s not natural for me to live “with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:1-2 I have to remind myself of this verse often and the Lord is constantly convicting to demonstrate MORE gentleness. Especially in my marriage, I so often fall into the trap of wanting to be right, more than striving to bear fruit. I’m often guilty of wanting to prove a point, more than desiring to promote unity. And I don’t think I’m the only one who needs this reminder… So many of our marriages, families, churches, and friendships today are not displaying gentleness. And with all the hurt and brokenness abouding in our world, we need more people who are gentle. Gentleness is a result of self-control. It’s not reactionary, it’s a thoughtful and considerate response. Gentleness meets people where they are at, rather than yanking them with impatient persistence to where you stand. We are called to speak the truth with gentleness and respect. “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt Be MORE gentle this week. #alwaysmore #alwaysmoredevotionals #alwaysmoregentleness #beating50percent #stayingido #journeyofjerandauj
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“He is not quick to lash out, react, or demand. He is kind, [has] patience, and [is] gentle,” the 24-year-old writes alongside an image of the two of them sitting in the grass.

However, Roloff says that while her husband is “gentle,” that is definitely not one of her fortes, revealing it’s not something she practices as often.

“Me on the other hand… gentleness is not one of my strengths,” she write. “It’s not natural for me to live ‘with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.’”

She goes on write that a verse from Ephesians 4:1-2 in the Bible helps remind herself that the “Lord is constantly convicting to demonstrate MORE gentleness.”

Roloff says, it’s important especially in her marriage.

“I so often fall into the trap of wanting to be right, more than striving to bear fruit,” she writes. “I’m often guilty of wanting to prove a point, more than desiring to promote unity. And I don’t think I’m the only one who needs this reminder…”

The TLC star writes that so many marriages, families, churches, and friendships today are not displaying gentleness, adding that with “all the hurt and brokenness abounding in our world, we need more people who are gentle.”

Roloff writes that “gentleness is a result of self-control,” adding that “it’s not reactionary, it’s a thoughtful and considerate response.”

“Gentleness meets people where they are at, rather than yanking them with impatient persistence to where you stand,” she writes. “We are called to speak the truth with gentleness and respect.”

She concludes her heartwarming note by adding a quote from President Theodore Roosevelt, writing, “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”

“Be MORE gentle this week,” she wrote, alongside the hashtags, “always more, “staying ‘I do’” and “beating 50 percent,” as in the divorce rate in the U.S. that finds 50 percent of all marriages ending in divorce.

Photo credit: Instagram / @audreyroloff