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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…
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7 Powerful Ways to Build a Good Marriage
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Ads by Google It is so important, with over 50% of marriages ending in divorce, to learn how to preserve your marriage and to build it into a lasting relationship. The word “build” is the key; no marriage builds itself; it requires the concerted effort of two. There are of course many things that contribute to a successful and lasting marriage, but since I’m not writing a book here, I tried to think of 7 essential things that have helped me the most in my own experience of 44 years…