Today we continue our series on – Practical Steps To A Deeper Friendship With Your Spouse. Marriage, like any other friendship, begins with areas of commonality, but the stresses of our day to day life like – children, work, finances, illness, caring for elderly parents, careers, the home etc – can tax the union and cause it to grow apart. It is your responsibility to take steps that will build friendship in your marriage
5. Use conflict to sharpen and purify your friendship.
Conflicts in marriage are inevitable, but as you mature both in your personal relationship with God and in your marriage, Gods expectation is that the things that cause conflicts should be greatly reduced. Conflict is any disagreement between a husband and wife that can create bitterness or sorrow or even lead to worse consequences. It will be important to note that not all disagreements leads to conflicts in the marriage. The following can be causes of conflicts in marriage;
1. Failed expectations on the part of any of the marriage partners.
2. Faults and weaknesses
3. Unintended emotional injuries
4. Preferences and differences in upbringing etc
Whatever it is that has the potential to cause conflict in your marriage should not be allowed to develop, but even when conflicts arise use it as a springboard to sharpen and purify your friendship. No partner has reached Perfection, so conflict can be expected but when it ever happens don’t open the door to the devil to use it as an avenue to destroy your marriage irrespective of who is right or wrong. Seek to always understand your spouse and learn to always discuss those grey area’s in your marriage in a very peaceful atmosphere.
Use conflict to deepen your friendship and not to destroy it.
Have a Grace filled day – Good News Awaits you.
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Last modified: June 11, 2016
