courtship

Without total acceptance of one another, intimate partners might find it difficult to sustain continuous affection and commitment in their relationship. However, godliness and contentment work hand in hand; one is not possible without the other.

Continuous nagging, verbal attacks, and apportioning blame, are potent enough to impede commitment in a marital relationship, hinder the continuous affection that should exit between couples and make the atmosphere of their marital relationship tense.

Everyone has weaknesses and limitations, it is important to understand your spouse from the point of his/her limitation and weakness, so as not to build your relationship on unrealistic expectation thereby impending your marital commitment.

The earlier teachings of the month have spoken intently on the fact that no two marital relationships are the same because commitment means different things to different people based on an individual’s personality, family background, exposure, experience, love need, and maturity.

The price of selflessness will surely result in companionship as marital partners are able to be more tolerant of one another.

Loyalty is a strong price of commitment that intimate partners need to pay for oneness in their relationship. This indicates that the path to loyalty is transparency, honest feedback, or accountability leading to harmony. Where these strong indications are missing, loyalty is surely absent.

Trust is a function of openness and transparency that makes one not to only prioritize his or her partner in decision-making but also freely carry him or her along all through the process in acknowledgment of one another.

Respect is one of the commitments that intimate partners must consistently foster with one another if they are to have a lasting relationship.

The hallmark of kindness is consideration. It is important that marital partners choose to be considerate of one another’s health, emotions, appearance, career or ministry, and more because marriage comes with a lot of responsibilities that could make it overwhelming in nature.

Marital partners have to pay the price of communicating openly with one another if their commitment to one another will grow beyond feelings and emotions.