ACCEPTANCE

There may be times when you feel that your significant other is not living up to your expectations.  Well, the fact that they are YOUR expectations may be the problem.  Consider...they may not be capable of living up to your high expectations.  Consider...your expectations are more of how you hoped they would evolve as time passed.  I had to realize that I went into my relationship thinking that he would eventually change and mature as years passed.  That was my mistake.  I knew who he was and what his personality and character was when I came to know him.  It was my mistake to think that he would change or that I could change him.  When I learned to accept him as he was and not stress over or become frustrated that he did not do things they way I wanted him to or that he didn't rationalize or think the way I did; I became more at ease and less frustrated with him.  ACCEPTANCE...

To truly love our spouse is to protect them...

It says in 1 Corinthians 13:7 that love “always protects.” That doesn’t mean love enables, covers over, or makes secret those things that should be brought to the light. (Giving “protecting love” is being very careful and prayerful of when, where, and with whom, we share “personal” details of our married life that need extra help and wise counsel.) To truly love our spouse is to protect them by showing honor and respect for their feelings— not revealing or doing anything that will embarrass or “cut them down.” By doing so, we’re dishonoring them and showing that we don’t value them.

-by Marriage Missions International:  http://www.marriagemissions.com/scriptures-on-marriage/

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Happiness in marriage....."

"Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created."

 

- Wilferd Arlan Peterson