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in your marriage even if
those qualities seem
to
be
only a few now.
Are you
thankful
for
those qualities? Have you
recently told your mate
you appreciate them in
him or her?
If
you ' re a wife,
maybe your husband is
not as considerate or af–
fectionate as you would
like, but he' s a good
provider of physical neces–
sities. Have you told him
you appreciate his efforts and energy to provide for the
family?
If you're a husband, maybe you feel your wife is not
handling her part of the budget as thriftily as she could.
These are difficult times for all. Have you told her you
appreciate her efforts to do the best she knows how under
the circumstances? Have you encouraged her, not ha–
rangued her, about handling her expenditures? Have you
commended her for her care of the children perhaps, or her
housekeeping, or possibly t he added income she provides?
There isn't a human being alive who doesn't want to
receive appreciation. God created that a living law! Break
that law by constant focus on negative things or problems
about a person, and everything in life begins
to
appear totally
negative.
Lack of expressing appreciation for good things causes
one to lose touch with the reality of any good in another.
Many mates destroy their marriage out of ingratitude. Mar–
riage counsellors see this problem
all
the time.
The scriptures teach us the principle of expressing ap–
preciation, "giving thanks always for
all
things ..." (Eph.
5'20).
You want to
be
appreciated? Then express genuine appre–
ciation to your mate- or to any other person for that matter.
If
you are consistent at expressing appreciation where it