Model Marriage
4 Things Every Married Couple Must Accept
- Accept the Temperament of Your Spouse.^3
- Your temperament + your experiences + Word of God = Your character
- Do not try to change your spouse’s temperament. Rather pray that he/she
will become more spiritually mature. (Refer to Chapter 42).
- Accept the “Masculinity” or “Femininity” of Your Spouse.
- A man must accept that he is married to a woman not a man; so he must not try to
suppress her natural feminine traits, like excessive talking. - She is also the weaker vessel and must not be expected to behave and function like
a man.^4
- A man must accept that he is married to a woman not a man; so he must not try to
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour
unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace
of life; that your prayers be not hindered.1 Peter 3:7- Women have things that appeal to them: dresses, weddings, chatting for a long
time, cooking, details of issues and events, which a man may find “unnecessary”. - A woman must also accept that she is married to a man and not a woman. Men
by their make-up are more robust, less chatty, and may not even notice the
different colour schemes at a wedding. They are interested only in the major
factors of an issue and not the details. - Accept these natural differences and flow happily with them.
What husbands often object to in wives:- That wives are sexually dull.
- That wives talk too much and about trivial things.
- That wives are petty and quarrelsome.
A man must accept that he is married to a woman, not to another man; so he should accept
what women like.
What wives often object to in husbands:- That they are too interested in sex.
- That they do not help their wives.
- That they do not talk enough to their wives.
A woman must accept that she is married to a man not to another woman; so she should accept
what men like, such as sex and food.