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A Fresh Start In Your Marriage
Brad Thompson
January 12, 2014
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A Fresh Start In Your Marriage
No marriage is perfect. It probably didn't take you very long to figure that out. You may also have some theories as to why your marriage is not perfect. Do the following statements sound familiar to some of your theories? "He's not the same man I married. I thought he would _________." Or, "If she would just _______, it would be so much easier for me to ____________." Sadly, I see too many couples who, once "the honeymoon is over," seem to think that a great marriage is out of their reach. When that happens, we start settling for things like "keeping the peace." This mindset leads us to keeping thoughts and feelings to ourselves, hoping that they either work themselves out or by some magical way, our spouse will get it and do something about it. These strategies typically only lead to frustration and resentment.
In today's segment of the Fresh Start series, we want to look at Making a fresh start in our marriage. This morning I want to encourage you to do at least one thing that you've never done before for the purpose of strengthening and growing your marriages. Some things you can consider doing:
Read a book together that addresses marriage at your stage of life
Establish a regular time to get away with your spouse to build your relationship
Attend a SW Marriage Retreat (we will be posting those dates soon)
Join or start a marriage group (we will be looking to start more of these in 2014 - if you are interested let me know)
Go to dinner (or lunch or breakfast) and do not talk about kids, family, or work
I believe marriages are the #1 item on Satan's hit list. If he can divide our marriages he has much easier access to our kids, and research says that is true no matter how old your children are. The leadership at Southwest is committed to doing everything we can to help you have the marriage that God wants for you. We have no greater joy than when we see families flourishing.