Marriage Monday: Choose Delight
You get to choose your mindset toward your spouse: Delight or Disappointment. You really do! Choose wisely, because your choice has consequences.
You get to choose your mindset toward your spouse: Delight or Disappointment. You really do! Choose wisely, because your choice has consequences.
Finding the comical in your marriage is like hunting for buried treasure. Laughter is as valuable as that treasure, it’s good medicine!
We hate Monday’s and love Friday’s because of hope. Drink a dose of godly hope today and say something hopeful and life-giving to your hubby.
Sometimes marriage can be stormy, sometimes marriage can be peaceful and calm. No matter what, for a successful marriage, you have to just keep moving.
I love summer and beautiful gardens but I don’t love gardening. Who really likes pulling those pesky weeds? I like “weeding” my soul even less than my garden. But if I want beautiful fruit in my marriage, I’ve got to get on my knees to weed my soul.
God knows I will sometimes struggle with thinking positively about my spouse. How about you? If you made a list of all the wonderful qualities of your mate, would your list be ‘vast?’ God’s list would be! He thinks the world of your spouse.
The golem effect is when low expectations lead to poor performance. Don’t be a golem, instead be a highlighter. Constantly search for the good in your husband and watch him shine.
The only thing better than me achieving my goals is us achieving our goals together. We just created a new Marriage Mission Statement to help us achieve our goals in retirement.