Thirteen Ways to Keep Your Marriage Alive
Written by Jimmie Burroughs
Yesterday marked the 8th anniversary of Bunnie’s death, my wife for 44 years. Today I was thinking about some of the things that helped to make our marriage the success that it was, and I came up with thirteen things we both did with or toward each other.
- Pray and worship together: “The family that prays together stays together.”
- Forgive each other: If you fail to forgive, the offences will pile up until they forge a crack in the marriage that can ultimately destroy it.
- Show gratitude: The rarest of qualities among humans is showing gratitude. Do this toward your mate and you will be miles ahead of the average.
- Have fun together: Laughing and having fun together bonds the marriage.
- Show affection: Tell your mate at least once a day that you love them.
- Embark upon new adventures together: Adventure adds a spark to your marriage and vitalizes it.
- Work together to maintain proper health: Discuss health ideas. A workout routine together would be fantastic.
- Keep your sex life alive: Put the effort forth to please your mate. Find a mutual agreement for frequency and stick with it.
- Keep an open line of communication and avoid complaining, criticizing and condemning: These are three tiresome things that never help, but which can destroy your marriage. Keep your communication positive and upbeat.
- Be your mate’s best friend: Having a mate that is also the Best Friend adds volumes to the strength of your marriage.
- Give your mate the freedom to be whom they are: Avoid trying to change your mate or turn then into a clone ofyourself. Each person should have the freedom to be whomthey want.
- Be courteous always: Bad manners toward the one that you’re supposed to love is a contradiction to love.
- Be faithful to your mate: I once knew an evangelist that often said that women who smoked cigarettes would do anything.He apparently overlooked a far more serious offence. Perhaps he should have said that a person who would be untrue to the one whom they have vowed to love and to be faithful would do anything. The truth is that most humans are capable of doing anything, as that evangelist later proved when he committed adultery.
Neither of us was perfect in doing the things above, but we tried and became better with them as the years went by. We both did well enough to enjoy a happy marriage that lasted 44 years until she died.
About the author: Jimmie Burroughs is a author, motivational speaker, and child of God who has been involved in teaching Christian Personal Development for more than 30 years. There are hundreds of articles to help you on this website, Website Contents , in your person growth. If I can help you personally, please send your concerns via: Contact me.
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