I heard the other day someone saying that went something like this.... "marriage is like doing a Ph.D. about relationship with your spouse as the study subject". That did really resonate quite intensely with me. In spite of the breadth and length of the "study" you will never still completely understand the subject you are studying. That's the irony. But the good news is, there will be no subject you can master.
Anyway, what will anyone end up finding new or a lesson that will be learnt in the "Ph.D." called marriage? Well, for one and perhaps the biggest one, "Compromise". Put in another way, its the answer to know where your boundaries with regard to your spouse are. I have always found that this is a moving target most marriages are searching constantly. But they get disguised with things such as ego, fear, anger, complexes, chauvinism, etc. If one can master the lesson quickly, better the success rate of marriages. If its slower, it can lead to many aspects of family deficiency, and in serious cases can even lead to break-downs and crimes.
The formula to put compromise into action is the four letter word that the Bible is all about.....LOVE. It can be hard sometimes if its just stemming out of the temporary burst of infatuation, but luckily, real love can be learnt by practice.
Anyway, what will anyone end up finding new or a lesson that will be learnt in the "Ph.D." called marriage? Well, for one and perhaps the biggest one, "Compromise". Put in another way, its the answer to know where your boundaries with regard to your spouse are. I have always found that this is a moving target most marriages are searching constantly. But they get disguised with things such as ego, fear, anger, complexes, chauvinism, etc. If one can master the lesson quickly, better the success rate of marriages. If its slower, it can lead to many aspects of family deficiency, and in serious cases can even lead to break-downs and crimes.
The formula to put compromise into action is the four letter word that the Bible is all about.....LOVE. It can be hard sometimes if its just stemming out of the temporary burst of infatuation, but luckily, real love can be learnt by practice.
