SUMMARY ON COMPATIBILITY (EXTRACT FROM JUNE TEACHINGS).

June summarizes the dimensions of compatibility. Our text today says that there is time for everything: a time to sow, a time to reap, a time to be born, a time to die, a time to cry, a time to laugh, and more. The same is true for marital relationships; they come with different seasons, each with its own unique opportunity. One of such seasons is courtship. When this period is well maximized, it saves marital relationships from unnecessary crises and increases productivity. However, one of the ways to maximize courtship is to determine your compatibility with your spouse before marriage. Areas of compatibility to be worked on are as follows:

Social compatibility: It is said to be the kind of connection between the marital partners that makes each of them comfortable with their kinds of friends or associations, family background, hobbies, and lifestyle. Social compatibility enhances all-round acceptance, and where this is not achieved, it could predispose couples to abuse of one another’s human rights. Ignoring social compatibility could cause a major crisis in marriage if not identified and discussed in courtship, and if you are married, you need to create time to discuss and make adjustments where necessary so as to be socially compatible with your spouse.
Medical Compatibility: Many singles go into relationships without ascertaining this until they are under pressure to be married, and at this point they have invested so much in the relationship and find it difficult to break free from it if there’s no medical compatibility. For medical compatibility to be ascertained, marital partners need to be able to talk to one another nakedly without shame, as openness is always the key to awareness and the route to true acceptance.

Medical compatibility entails the following tests: