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
6. Be Transparent With Each Other.
“One principle I think married couples should take very seriously is the subject of Transparency. Another word for transparency is Openness. Secrecy destroys the marriage relationship and introduces things like – doubt, insecurity, distrust, fighting, falsehood etc. Transparency brings Rest in the marriage and improves the bond of Trust between married people. Both men and women have the tendency to be secretive, as an unmarried person it may not be harmful but in marriage it will be very destructive to continue the practice. It is also part of transparency to at some point during the day or week to identify an emotional reality to your spouse. Label that feeling in a self-disclosing way such as ‘I’m angry, fearful, resentful, troubled, am jealous etc. We often limit our conversation to the reporting of events rather than communicating how we really feel. Learn to be open in all things and tell your spouse how you feel, especially emotionally. Don’t always assume your husband/wife should know how you feel, decide to be transparent.
Be Open – enjoy your marriage
Have a Grace filled day – Good News awaits you.
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Last modified: June 18, 2016
