This quarter, by the grace of God, we will be looking at the portfolio of an irresistible lover, and in this month, we will be looking at the concept of mutual understanding in a marital relationship.
Welcome to the last day in the month of September and in the third quarter of the year. The Alpha and the Omega will ensure that He prefects all that concerns you in Jesus name.
Conviction and Trust is key to sustaining commitment in a marital relationship. It is very important for partners to know that the root of trust is Openness.
There are some married men who take orders on how their home should be ruled from their parents; likewise, there are women who relay everything happening in their marriages to their parents, and this is one of the quick routes to crumble commitment because family does not forgive even when a couple has forgiven themselves and has moved on with one another.
Immaturity will always crack the wall of commitment in any marital relationship. Hence, marital relationships are not for babies because emotional maturity is one of the basic requirements for marital success.
Many people go into a marital relationship for the wrong reasons—some for pleasure, others for one gain or another, while others just want to quickly occupy the emptiness they have in them as a result of previous broken marital engagements.
It is very important that you learn how not to put the responsibility of what God alone can do for you on your spouse. Unrealistic expectations do erode marital commitment faster than it can be imagined, just as erosion will always wash away the top layer of the soil.
Trust is one of the three legs that a marital relationship must stand on. Once it is broken, the sustainability of commitment in such a marital relationship might be difficult.
Assertive communication is a process of communication in which painful emotions are released by the offended party without using negative words toward the other party.