Do you know why you need to create an environment for your marriage to grow? So that when storms come, it doesn’t pull you apart but actually moves you closer together.
We all go through life happen moments and seasons, storms that try to rip of apart but that doesn’t have to end your marriage. To be honest, if you don’t do the work your marriage deserves, you don’t even have a 50% chance of making it through those seasons but if you do the work, you have a greater than 80% chance of making in through those challenging times.
I have watched many marriages fall apart when outside forces attack but only from couples that don’t do the daily work. Many couples have become passive in their marriage.
A passive marriage leads to a passionless marriage. Those are the marriages that crumble when stormy seasons comes. Why bother when the passion is gone right? Thats also where one of the spouses will lean on someone from the opposite sex and make stupid choices. NOT Mistakes but choices!
When you are proactive in your marriage, that leads to a passion-filled marriage. If you are the kind of person that does an hour of personal growth then you should add an hour of marriage growth a day too! Your marriage deserves just as much attention as you put in your personal growth or your career growth.
Too many people give their all to personal and career growth but lack in their marriage growth because they feel well we are married so thats all i have to do. Thats why we have a 50% divorce rate and of the remaining ones, 80% are not happy at all but just used to living that way.
It’s time you go to a new level in your marriage. marriage growth of 1 hour a day can change everything. yes there is more but thats a great start!
Listen to marriage audios, sermons,conferences, read books on both marriage and communication.
When you skill up in your marriage, you go pro in your marriage and you bring intimacy to a whole new level!
Sandy and I do this but we normally do a 75/25% split with 75% leaning towards marriage growth. We just believe in marriage that much plus this is our calling so we have to protect our marriage at all costs. We have to keep guardrails in our marriage so that there is no way either of us cross a line or even comes close.
Many couples will ask how close to the line can I go without crossing it but thats the wrong question and that question will always lead to problems. The right question to ask, how far from the line can I put guardrails so that my marriage and my personal life will always be protected from outside forces!
When you start placing the right guardrails around your marriage and doing the right things to help grow your marriage on a daily basis, nothing will stop the two of you. You will be in this for the long-run and you will stay not only solid but also passionate towards each other!
Living an Inspired Marriage!
Chris Benton
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