Do You Believe Your Spouse Matters?

If your spouse matters ~ Is your spouse your best friend?

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Your spouse matters and is a treasure to cherish and hold onto for the rest of your life. They are not just someone you live with but your partner forever! My older sister Pat was right when she said that my brother-in-law Gary was my sister’s best friend because having such a connection with your spouse can make all the difference in the world. It’s easy to forget how important it is to love and like our spouses as our best friends, especially when we become busy with work or family obligations. Real friends do not keep score in the friendship; they understand that true friends are real friends no matter what happens in the relationship.

Be Your Spouse’s Best Friend By Loving And Respecting Them! I Encourage You To Stop And Take A Moment To Appreciate Your Spouse For Who They Are ~ Their Unique Qualities, Sense Of Humor, Quirks, And Interests. If By Chance You Don’t Consider Them As Your Best Friend Yet, Then There’s Always Time To Start Today!

Make an effort every day to connect on a deeper level by sharing stories about each other’s days or doing something fun together. You’ll be amazed at how much more fulfilling life can be with your spouse by your side as both lover and confidant. So why not try making your spouse your best friend? It may just be one of the most rewarding decisions of your life! ~ Bill Greguska

Proverbs 17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

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Your Spouse Matters ~ And Should Be Your Best Friend?

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Loving Your Spouse Matters And Is A Blessing ~ But Do You Respect Your Spouse?

1. Are the things I plan to say to others today kind, true, and necessary? Remember that we must always try to think before we say or do something.

2. Consider if it matters if you’re right. Sometimes, we respond to the plan of defending the side we stand on. If you argue about being right, ask yourself, “Does it matter that much if I am right?“ 

3. Avoid heated discussions. When emotionally charged, we don’t think clearly and argue out of the impulse to be correct, defend ourselves, and save our egos. If a discussion is necessary, wait until you and everyone else have cooled off before further conversation.

4. Remember what is critical. List the things in your life that are the most important to you. Then ask yourself, “Will a reaction to this person contribute to the things that matter the most to me?”

5. You get more bees with honey than with vinegar. Try offering a kind word and not emotionally dumping your feelings on the other person you are dealing with. Work on understanding others. Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.  

6. Don’t respond. When your spouse often initiates a negative message or rude attitude, they’re trying to trigger your response. When we react, we’re giving them what they want.

7. Stop talking about it if the discussion is going nowhere! When you have a problem or conflict, don’t you find that others love talking about it? The more we talk about how much we dislike a person, the more hatred we will feel toward them, and the more we’ll notice things about them that we dislike. 

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Helpful Ideas For A Better Relationship With Your Spouse!

Have you ever put yourself in your spouse’s shoes? Try it, and you may understand how you hurt their feelings. This is an excellent way to understand others better.

• Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry! We have been given two ears and one mouth. A good rule is to listen twice as much as we say. This, too, will help to avoid unnecessary anger with others. It would help if you tried to Understand a Friend better. 
• Practice forgiveness! Ask yourself, “What is it about this situation or my spouse that I can seek to understand and forgive?” God says that if we do not forgive others’ sins against us, he will not forgive our sins. At the same time, we must ask God for wisdom and patience with those we don’t see eye-to-eye.
• Get some exercise and care for your health! Go for a walk, run, swim, or some other workout, and invite a friend to join you. Keeping healthy allows you to handle stressful situations better. If you smoke cigarettes, try to quit smoking. If you drink alcohol or use other drugs, those can be a negative reason for you to consider stopping. 

Practice An Act Of Kindness Today Towards Your Spouse!

• Be kind to all people for that matter,  even someone you don’t know. Do something kind for someone today without expecting anything in return. Understand that others must be considered significant, quickly developing into healthy friendships.
• If your spouse is not your best friend, make it a point to try making them your best friend.
•  Sometimes, your spouse or people, in general, are struggling with issues of their own – it may be an alcohol or drug addiction or mental illness, such as depression. It could be taking their frustration out on you with irrational, or even rude, out-of-line behavior. Try to use kindness to get along with them better instead of what comes naturally, which is getting frustrated or angry.
• Remember that when we point our finger at our spouse or another person, thinking that the problem is their problem, three fingers often point back at ourselves. Try to practice patience for your spouse and others and humility for yourself.
• Try to be patient, try to be loving, and try to handle situations like Jesus would want you to through the teachings of the Bible. All these ideas we have shared for getting along with others will pay off as you practice them daily.
• There are excellent ways to get to know each other better. Some examples are asking questions, being interested in your spouse or any other person more than who you are talking with, and being aware of other people’s needs. To get along well with others, there must be effort involved. 

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Some Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

1 Peter 3:7 ESV 

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel since they are heirs with you of the grace of life so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Genesis 2:24 ESV

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV 

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV 

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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