Every Wednesday I will post a practical wisdom thought or suggestion on marriage, parenting, or life. One significant marriage goal is to overcome complacency! Complacency can be defined as taking your spouse and/or your marriage for granted. The disease of complacency is a major reason for a troubled, unhappy relationship, and sadly one frequent cause for divorce.

For most of us, when we were dating our marriage partners, we made frequent uplifting comments and did many kind actions in order to win our future spouse’s heart. Unfortunately for many relationships, after the second year of marriage such considerate words and behaviors diminish with each passing year.

Ask yourself two key questions: “When was the last time I either complimented or made a very encouraging comment to my spouse?” And “When was the last time I demonstrated a nice, thoughtful action toward my spouse?” One essential way for us to overcome complacency is to continue being a boyfriend or girlfriend to our spouses. Such an attitude will cause us to work really hard at valuing our partners.

TODAY: And every day, be like a boyfriend/girlfriend to your spouse by making caring comments as well as exhibiting meaningful actions.

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