TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE

Think before you speak:  Do not be hasty in making comments about your spouse. Control your words and comments about issues in the home. The scripture says in James 1:19, "Wherefore, my beloved  brethren, let every man be swift to hear,  slow to speak, slow to wrath". Avoid retaliation: For lasting peace to be maintained in a marriage, each partner must resist the urge to retaliate. Rather, they should learn to discuss issues so as to understand the causes of frictions and how to avoid a re-occurrence. Be purposeful in your actions: Do not act by chance, neither be careless in your actions. Act with genuine reasons. Avoid acting by impulse. Otherwise, your spouse may not really understand you. In other words, you may never be taken serious until things get worse in the home. Avoid bad influences in your marriage: Avoid third person interference in your marriage. Also, avoid discussing sailient issues in your marriage with friends, especially those friends or ass...

Marriage is not always a bed of roses. A perfect marriage doesn't exist and it is normal to have those not so happy moments but what if there are more unhappy moments in your marriage than happy times? Is your marriage getting difficult and unhappy? All options and solutions must be exhausted before considering leaving an unhappy marriage. As long as there is love and respect in a marriage, it is best to do something and fix an unhappy marriage to avoid the pain of divorce. Here are some helpful ways to fix an unhappy marriage. Figure out the cause of unhappiness in your marriage.  The best way to fix an unhappy marriage is to think back and pinpoint the time when your marriage started to become unhappy. What marriage issues causing the unhappiness? Do you and your spouse became too focused on your careers or other responsibilities that you eventually drifted apart? Is cheating or infidelity involved? Is financial or money problems causing the trouble in your relationship? Do...

Love is a choice, a commitment to respond at all times and in all situations like God who is Love. To develop a deeper love walk requires concerted effort of the persons involved. It is more practical than theoretical.  Marriages with strong foundations include a worldview that goes deeper than compatibility, best friends and love - deeper than feelings. What is unseen in these relationships is the view that the goal is not happiness; the altimate goal is oneness. However, in the midst of this symbiosis, happiness is bound to ensue. The couple know they are a team, with the following important tips in mind: (1) Each one is out to make the other happy, rather than focus on making the self happy. (2) Happiness is not the goal of marriage because happiness is like the ebb and flow of a tide, always changing. (3) The goal of marriage is deeper - for the betterment of our souls.Together, we are stronger, and left alone, we might persevere in bad habits and selfishness. Marriage helps...