“ What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage. ”
Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help? We are trying to show that we believe in him and in his abilities. We are giving credit and praise.
~ Gary Chapman
People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.
Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.
Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future different.
