Byproducts of Loving Your Spouse, Providing a Stable Home, and Staying Together
By It creates identity…Children thrive best when they know their parent’s marriage is the basis of their family’s existence.
It creates integrity…Children thrive best when they see a consistency between what their parents teach and how they actually live.
It creates conscience…Children thrive in learning right from wrong by watching how their parents treat one another.
It creates self-confidence…Children thrive best when they can try and fail knowing they’ll still be accepted, because their parents love one other unconditionally.
It creates respect…Children thrive best when they see loving boundaries in behavior modeled in their parent’s relationship.
It creates perseverance… Children thrive best when they see their parents marriage vows endure, even during difficult times.
It creates responsibility…Children thrive best when they see parents love one another by apologizing, admitting their wrong, and asking forgiveness.
It creates security…Children thrive best when they know their parents love one another and intend to stay together.
It creates faith…Children thrive best when they see the love of God, in the love their father and mother have for each other.
Building a Loving Marriage…
1. Choose to stay married the rest of your life.
2. Make your relationship with your spouse the highest priority in your life (after your relationship with God).
3. Act out love to feel love.
4. Spend 30 minutes a day in shared activity.
5. Treat each other with love and respect.
Remember, marriage is for better for worse for keeps.
Deuteronomy 4:9 “Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.”
Bob Moeller of For Better For Worse For Keeps Ministries has been married to Cheryl for 30 years. They are the parents of 6 children and he’s a CWAHD!