dARE: Recognize that your spouse is integral to your future success. Let them know today that you desire to include them in your upcoming decisions, and that you need their perspective and counsel. If you have ignored their input int he past, admit your oversight and ask them to forgive you.
The Bible says that "two are better than one because they have a good return for labor. For if either of them Falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up." This is the way God designed a marriage. Man and Woman are made for each other. We are made to balance each other out. When one is weak, the other is strong. When one needs building up, the other is there to encourage. The problem is that sometimes we focus too much on our differences and let us create a wedge between us. For example, one may cook, one may not. One may clean better. One may issue discipline better. One may be generous while one is protective of the money. Either way, we are meant to fit together. We have to learn to accept these distinctions between ourselves in our mate. If we don't, we might have wasted opportunities. We must take advantage of our uniqueness, because that is probably what drew us together in the first place.
Your partner is here to help you. Cory is here to help me, make decisions, around the house, with Naomi - I use him quite a bit. I am so thankful for his willingness to be a team and not make me do everything. There wa a time when I felt that way..but it wasn't his fault. I gave him no reason to desire to help me, and when he did, I tried to act like he didn't it out obligation, not love. But now I know everything we do is out of obligation, and LOVE. We have chores, we may not like um, but we do them because they have to be done, and because we want to help our partner - to keep from going crazy! Right hun?!
Joined together, we are greater than our parts. We need each other. We complete each other!
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