Popular actress and diehard believer in Jesus Christ, Candace Cameron Bure — most notable for her role as DJ Tanner on “Full House” and being the sister of Kirk Cameron — recently sat down to talk about her 28-year marriage to hubby Valeri, which she stated has done nothing but grown stronger over the decades since they first said, “I do.”
The comments were made during an interview with Fox News Digital, where Bure went on to break down how after all almost three decades of married life, the couple’s commitment to one another is better and stronger than when they first got married in 1996.
“The love has grown over the years. When you really do go through the depths of the valley, and you come back out on top as many times as you go through that roller coaster of life – within marriage, every time you come back on top it’s like another notch in the belt of commitment, staying together,” she stated during the discussion.
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The actress reaffirmed her commitment to her husband, illustrating how the flame in their relationship has not dimmed in the slightest. She continued, “We’ve been together for 30 years, and that’s a pretty big milestone. I truly love him more today and am more committed to him today than I was when we first got married. He’s my partner for life.”
Bure shared an anniversary post on Instagram, showcasing a collage of pictures featuring different memories throughout the timeline of their relationship. “28 years today! How it started … and how it’s going,” the caption said. The photos document the course of their marriage, highlighting their younger years, raising children, and the present.
Discussing the success of their marriage and the inevitable ebbs and flows of any long-term relationship, Bure emphasized the paramount importance of putting God at the helm of their lives. The Bible extensively illustrates the “blueprint” that God gives man and woman for marriage and when a couple decides to honor the Lord in their commitment to one another, it is a recipe for success.
The actress said, “Marriage is so wonderful. And yet there are so many ups and downs over the years. I’ve said it before, but the secret has not just been the commitment to God and the blueprint that God provides us biblically within a marriage, but it’s honoring one another. And in that, even when I may not, he may not deserve it, we honor each other, because it’s honoring God. And I think that’s where the focus is for us. That we honor God in all our actions first and foremost, but that is an outpouring of the love that we share together whether we really feel like it or not at the moment.”
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The talk then turned to the topic of parenting, which is one of the most difficult aspects of being in a marriage.
“I just feel like you have to be intentional about your parenting. You have to make decisions as to what type of parent you want to be, what kind of training you want to do with your children and and what type of guardrails you want on their life,” she went on to explain.
The “Fuller House” actress then talked about how important it is to raise your child God’s way, the right way, in order to help set them up for success later in life.
“As a parent, sometimes it’s really difficult. Sometimes it’s hard to stick to what you want to do,” Bure remarked. “Because there might just be an easier way, or you just feel so bad, you feel like the mean parent, and you just want to give your kids whatever they want. But when you step back and look, you have to realize that this is a way in which we’re going to shape them throughout their entire youth. And then they have the ability to choose whatever they want when they become adults.”
Marriage was created by God to be a picture of His intimate relationship with the Church, which is why it is so important that it be safeguarded as something sacred, which it seems Bure and her husband are doing. It’s awesome to see someone in the entertainment industry taking marriage seriously.