"FOUR WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR MARRIAGE" BY MILTON DYKES

Married couples who have been married for years and say they have never had an argument either have poor memories or a very dull life. Happy marriages are not made by the absence of issues. Issues are inevitable. The question is, how do you deal with them?

I read a news report this week about a man who was arrested for pushing a cell phone down the throat of his girlfriend. He told the judge she swallowed the phone herself to keep him from being able to retrieve phone numbers from calls from a suspected boyfriend. That is not how you handle differences.

Someone said marriages are made in heaven—so are thunder and lighting. So the question is, how can you improve your marriage? There are many things we can do to enhance relationships, but here are four good ways to improve your marriage:

Use the Golden Rule. Treat your spouse as you desire to be treated.

Learn the art of a fair fight. That doesn’t include pushing a cell phone down your spouse’s throat.

Focus more on the positives of your spouse rather than the negatives.

Keep putting effort into your marriage. Your marriage is worth the investment.

Here is the most important way you can improve your marriage: pray for your spouse and especially pray that God will help you to be the spouse you should be. Prayer is the great difference maker in marriages. Families that pray together stay together. The implication for pray in marriages is obvious.