Today we continue our series on Pillars of A Healthy Relationship. It is important to note that a healthy relationship is not a perfect relationship, because we may never achieve that while on this side of eternity, but A healthy relationship is one that is built on the godly principles and values of the scriptures.
The foundation for any healthy relationship is going to be the individuals capacity to offer unconditional acceptance to other people, especially the one you share intimate relationship with.
3. Honour
The moment You no longer feel empowered by your relationship (free to be everything God has made you to be), dishonor, disrespect, invalidation begins to creep into that relationship. Sometimes it doesn’t just creep in, most times it rushes in because you have failed to understand the PRACTICE of valuing what you need, what you think, what you feel, and honouring your relationship partner.
Honour can be defined as – To think highly, respect highly, to recognize the importance or spiritual value of someone to your life. In this case someone you share an intimate relationship with.
If you truly love someone honouring him/her will always be a delight and a pleasure, but when you struggle to honour someone you’re in a relationship with, it is clear you don’t love that person, and it will be a foolish decision to continue with the relationship, because you may end up destroying him/her instead of adding value.
Love and honour go together nicely because one is a facilitator of the other. If for any reason you try to remove one, please bear in mind that you’re threatening both.
Honouring your relationship will produce improvement
Have a Grace filled day – Good News awaits you
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Last modified: December 25, 2015
