Recipe for: A Happy Marriage

From the Kitchen of:  Sheila Wolf
 Preparation time:  A lifetime
Serves:  Much happiness


Ingredients:

1.  Don't let things build up.  "Don't let the sun go down on your wrath."

2.  Have a regular date planned each week, especially when you have children.

3.  Have children.

4.  You will never realize how much your parents love you until you have children of your own.

5.  Neither of you should complain about the other to your own mother or father.  the problem can be fixed quickly, but a mother-in-law will remember always. : )

6.  Remember your in-laws loved their child for over 20 years before they met you.  Don't ever hold that against them.

7.  Remember, he looks at things through his own eyes - not yours!

8.  Develop a budget together.  debt can eat a marriage up. It's not worth it.  (Men have a God-given responsibility to provide and when they $$ is not there, they can get really tense!)

9.  DECIDE to stay married just like you decided to stay saved.  Divorce is not an option (even if they leave their dirty socks on the floor.)  If you decide to make your marriage work, guess what?  It will work.

10.  Be careful about the negative things you tell your husband.  You don't want bitterness to eat him up either.

11.  Pray together regularly.