Facing issues with a humble and gentle spirit is sometimes the only way to bring true peace. Unity develops when both spouses see the issue in the same light through the guidance of the Spirit.
Dealing with Differences
Frustration, differences and disagreements are some of the best opportunities for patience to grow in marriage. The more that patience is needed — and exercised — the stronger it can grow.
You can embrace the racial differences in your adopted children and give them a healthy cultural and family identity.
Husbands can reveal God’s loving, self-sacrificing movement into people’s hearts by the way they treat their wife. And wives can reveal God’s invitation to be filled with His strengthening presence.
Because of birth order, the place in their families of origin, spouses have different experiences growing up, and that shapes behavior, personalities and relationships with each other.
Learning constructive ways to handle your differences is one of the most important things you can do to protect your marriage. You can decide to take control of your issues.
We will all blow it sometimes. But if you really strive to limit your reckless words, you will create a climate that fosters openness and closeness in your marriage.
Differences can be part of what draws two people together, but the ways couples handle conflict are strongly related to how they will do in the future.
Is it as Bad as it Sounds?
When we marry, few of us picture spending extended amounts of time away from our mate. Then reality sets in.