Hi fwends here are few things I believe could keep our marriage strong…check it out 1. Friendship: It’s easier to be friends than lovers. And those who start as friends, make the best lovers.Couples,you should try and base your relationship on a really strong friendship and see the roots of that friendship sprouting in your marriage every day. Each component to your friendship is like a string - and you should have string after string tying you together and holding you close.You can share similar interests, hobbies, passions, and beliefs that keep you connected. But you might also have many differences - differences that you see as opportunities to learn, experience, and get to know one another even more. Love spending time together, experiencing things with one another, and consider the other as your best friend.don’t let your marriage cover your friendship…but could only accentuate it. 2. Laughter: Couples should have so much fun together, that some of your most intimate memories will involve you laughing until there are tears streaming down your faces. There is a time and place in marriage for tears of frustration, anger, and sadness…but there should also be a time for tears of joy. Make that a priority in your marriage. 3. Confession: As hard as it is, we must learn to confess to one another, to take ownership and responsibility of our sins, flaws, and weaknesses, and to apologize specifically for how we have hurt each other. As humbling as this can be, confession has bring an intimacy between you that is far greater than any prideful “rightness” could ever bring. We should learn to confess to one another, and then to forgive one another. 4. Affection: While affection was the norm in our first 3 years of marriage - two children later, a lot has changed. Affection is no longer the “norm,” it’s a priority. It’s an action and reaction to one another that involves being deliberate and choosing to make time for intimacy, romance, and quality time. It should be a part of our life that we have to learn to integrate in our day to day, rather than just save for special date nights. Lets give affection through our words, loving glances across the couch while reading books with the kids, holding hands in public or even across our dining room table. We should learn how to show affection through our words, our actions, and our attitudes with one another. And let me encourage you…a little love goes a long, long way. 5. Connection: With so many opportunities to “connect” throughout the day via Facebook, emails, text messages, and interactions with others - sometimes our need for connections is depleted by the time we are face to face with our spouse at the end of the day.Do your best to save your connecting for one another…to save your favorite stories of the day with each other, to call and text each other throughout the day, and to always save the last few minutes before bed as your time to emotionally connect. U should deliberately have deep conversation with one another, and make the most of the time you’re apart by thinking about each other and then sharing those thoughts when you get the chance. Marriage is not an easy road, and the proof of that is reflected in the many marriages around us that are falling apart. But God’s design for marriage is not to add burdens but to bring blessing into our lives. May God give us the grace to honour our relationships with our spouse, to invest in them, and to show them the love of Jesus every opportunity we get. And may we be blessed in return.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 02:44:09 +0000
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