Model Marriage by Bishop Dag Heward Mills

Chapter 19

What it Means to Have a Melancholic

Husband or Wife

Strengths of a Melancholic Husband

1. Mensa Melancholic is analytical, self-sacrificing, gifted and a perfectionist.


2. He has a very sensitive emotional nature.


3. He derives enjoyment from the fine arts.


4. He is a very faithful friend but does not make friends easily.


5. He seldom pushes himself to meet people but rather lets them come to him.


6. He is the most dependable of all the temperaments because of his perfectionist
   tendencies.


7. He has a strong desire to be loved by others.


8. Because he is analytical he diagnoses accurately the obstacles and dangers of any
   project he has a part in planning. This makes him not so enthusiastic to start a new
   project.


9. He may occasionally produce some great work of art but such accomplishments are
   followed by great bouts of depression.


10. He finds his greatest meaning in life through personal sacrifice and usually chooses a
    difficult vocation involving sacrifice.


11. No temperament has so much natural potential when energized by the Holy Spirit. He
    can fulfil his potential by thinking of the positive aspects of life and by being a
    thankful praiser.


12. He may be rich because of self-sufficiency and hard work.


13. He is a listener.