| Drastic measures are sometimes our only option when | | | | this goal. |
| a marriage is faltering. It is like being on a sinking ship | | | | Secondly take a look at your communication. Through |
| and there are no life rafts. If both partners are not in | | | | the years you have gotten into the habit of letting |
| agreement with the dissolution of the relationship, | | | | issues go or deciding the time is not right for fear of |
| hopefully you can both agree on seeking professional | | | | getting into an argument. A little conflict and difference |
| help. A counselor is a better choice rather than well | | | | of opinion is healthy, however not sharing or bottling up |
| meaning friends or relatives who may only make | | | | our feelings is not. We all know what happens to |
| matters worse. A marriage therapist can offer | | | | contents under pressure! |
| solutions instead of just giving opinions that may or | | | | When you first met and started dating no subject was |
| may not have worked for them. | | | | too big or too small to share. That is the point you |
| First and foremost you both must be willing to sacrifice | | | | have to get back to. Just this small measure can make |
| some things. One of the key definitions of the word | | | | a huge difference in the relationship. |
| sacrifice means to make something sacred. When is | | | | Lastly learn how to simplify your lives again. Wives |
| the last time either of you applied that word to your | | | | especially have a tendency to blow things up out of |
| marriage? Kind of makes you look at things from a | | | | proportion. Give your husband some credit for being |
| different perspective. | | | | able to grasp the situation without having to hear |
| One or both of you have probably been putting all the | | | | every minor detail. Remember the qualities that drew |
| blame on the other person. Many times couples get | | | | you to each other from the start. They are still there. |
| into the bad habit of taking the other for granted or | | | | You just have not looked at them in a long time. |
| putting their own selfish needs before the other. If that | | | | Get to the root of your problems. Have you been |
| does not change your marriage is in considerable | | | | skating around the issues for too long? It might be |
| danger. It is a biblical concept that the two of you have | | | | scary but at least they will be out in the open and you |
| become one and how can you continue to hurt | | | | can deal with them. |
| yourself? You both must be willing to work towards | | | | |