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Top 3 Reasons For Marriage Conflicts Problems & Failures
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Me, Myself, and I ! Those are the top 3 reasons for most marriage issues, problems, conflicts, and failures. Both partners of the relationship need to be on the lookout for their own self-centeredness. Couples tend to become too familiar with their companion, they loose appreciation, and they begin to focus more on their own needs than on their mates needs.
I Love You, An Outward Expression
We fall in love by the way someone touches our heart, by the things they do and say. We then follow that up with saying, "I Love You". In reality, it’s more like "you love what they do for you", or "how they make you feel". It’s the love that they are expressing towards you that you are feeling, and that’s a wonderful thing, to be loved. But love is not a one way street.
So many times though love gets clogged up in the pains and hurts in life. And sometimes we get so stuck in our own emotions, in our own wants and desires that we forget what it means to love. We forget that love is something we
outwardly express by our words and actions towards others, it’s not all about how much love we can consume for ourselves, that’s not love, that’s selfishness. People tend to blame their poor relationships on incompatibility, that’s not
an accurate reference point. The truth is that conflicts are a result of selfishness and stubbornness, that’s what is prevailing in most troubled relationships. Many people today are so focused on what they want that their relationships starve, conflicts arise, and strife fills their homes. If you choose to sow seeds of love into others, you will find that you will receive love as well. Have an otherness mindset.
Everyone needs love, and other than God, we can not get all our emotional needs met by one single source. This is NOT to say that anyone should cheat on their spouses! Love comes in many forms, you can be loved by your family and your friends. You are built to have relationships and you need to have some healthy relationships with people other than your spouse.
If you really love someone and want to resolve issues you will first humble yourself, out of love, and take the initial step. Conflicts are seldomly resolved accidentally, they have to be intentionally dealt with. Where there is conflict there is guilt, where there’s guilt there is fear, and perfect love casts out fear.
Start by making sure that you are seeing the problem correctly, inwardly analyze and outwardly pray for guidance. You may find that there are issues that are within you that you need to take ownership of and accept. Don’t let your pride get in the way of your love. Then look for a good time where you can meet together in peace. When you convene be truthful about your part of the conflict, do not blame one another. Take the focus off of you and listen for their hurts. Keep in mind that people who are hurt, hurt other people. Emphasize understanding and forgiveness, start with their needs ahead of yours, the relationship itself is more important than the issue. First seek to reconcile and after that you can work on the resolutions to the problems.
Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. James 1:19
What leads to strife, discord and feud, and how do conflicts, quarrels and fighting originate among you? The arise from your own selfish and sinful desires that are always at war in side of you. You are jealous and covet what others have… You burn with envy and anger and aren’t able to obtain the gratification you seek, so you fight and war. You don’t have because you don’t ask God. James 4:1-2
Why do you notice the little piece of dust in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the big piece of wood in your own eye? First take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your friend’s eye.
Matthew 7:3-5
For the couples that pray together, Only 1 in 10,000 marriages end in divorce.
But it’s 1 in 2 for those who don’t pray.
Do you really love your spouse? Are you really showing it? To bring restoration to your marriage start by praying together for God to help you reconcile your differences, to help you bring forgiveness into your marriage and to help you love one another.
To increase love in your relationships, review and combine these love advice guidelines into your love relationship.
Topics: Marriage Issues |
March 26th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
i have a boyfriend he is American and im from Iraq i just move to USA 5 years ago. i fall in love with that guy and he want to marry me but my parents they refuse him they say him and they tolded me to brake up with him but i cant i feel i cant live without him so now i have to choice which one i should go with my boyfriend or my parents and my parents tolded me if u go with u boyfriend they i cant come to the house to visit them they are so mad and also they going back to iraq so i cant see anyone of them again and im so tired now i don’t know which one i should choice please help me if anyone could . i really love that guy and i want to be with him he is my destiny i think and he also love me alot some times we talk that we should leave each other beause my parents and he cry infront of me and i do too. we love each other a lot. now i go with him but my parents doesnt know about because they tolded me to brake up with him but i didn’t do it. i lie to them i say i broke up with him but not really. i go with him and i see him but this summer i have to diecide which one i go with and i leave my boyfriend or my parents and im confused.
Answer: Sarah it does not sound like you are of adult age. Even if you were, nobody could make choices such as this for you. Most parents really do want what is best for their children, and sometimes their children do not realize that. I want to caution you on allowing your emotions to make decisions, emotions are not good at thinking. Also, you will not find your destiny in man, or in a man, you will only find your destiny in God. Seek God out for the answers in your life, he will never lead you astray.
October 14th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Just read this article and I thing that I would like to send my dad a copy. These are such wise words of wisdom. I have book marked this page and will return later. I am single and not involved in a relationship at this time. However I think that getting involved in a relationship is like going to school. One has to be prepared, to give and take. So I am taking my period of no relationships to know me better, and to learn how to be a better partner.
June 13th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
hi,
I am in love for more than 2 years but you know, I really like him and love him so much, but he says he is often busy with his work and he is doing business. So no time to talk with me too…and I really can’t bear this because in the beginning he was not like this, he was actuallly too caring but as days goes he just stopped thinking me now I think so please kindly help me na.. I dont think maybe am possessive but he too should understand it right ????
Re: Please read The right man will say I love you with…
June 5th, 2008 at 2:12 am
This is my first time in reading your message. i’m so thankful because i learned a lot. i loved in reading bible verses.
It keeps me more inspired though i have stressful work. It’s my pleasure to read some…thanks again & more power.
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 am
You guys make me crazy by using ‘interesting’ bible quotations.
It gives me joy a lot. martin
-Re: Then Martin you should find joy in this one…
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 am
Thanks for this bit of wisdom . I know the truth in it and would love to keep and read daily.
Thanks again
June 1st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
The above statements is not always true….I was in a marriage for 26 years that I gave everything in my soul to and it still failed… I found that there are some people no matter how good you are to them, they are just too busy loving themselves to return love in the manner it should be.
-Re: Thank you for your comment, it reiterates why people need to have an otherness mindset in their relationships. I too was once is a relationship where my partner was very selfish, the relationship eventually failed. However, the writing was on the wall in the early stages of the relationship, and I made choices that got myself into that situation. We all make mistakes, sometimes we let our emotions think for our brains. A successful loving relationship is not one sided, both partners need to be looking to meet each others emotional needs, love is not selfish. We can save ourselves a lot of heartache by looking for the right qualities while we are still single. We can choose to close the door on unhealthy relationships before we get to too involved. Sometimes people are just to desperate to find love. When we see selfish character traits, we should be honest with ourselves and move forward before making any rash commitments.
One other question Annette, if you don’t mind answering, did you pray together?