Get Wisdom Part II
I asked my grandmother the secret to being married for 64 years and here is her insightful answer.
“I think my secret for staying married for 64 years is having respect for your mate and never saying anything in anger to hurt the other person. Working together as a team and giving 100% to the marriage. We must also let God have his rightful place in our lives. I’m afraid young couples today don’t take their marriage vows as seriously as they should. They should never loose sight of the fact that they loved each other when they got married, and work at regaining that love no matter what conflicts might occur. Any marriage is worth fighting for. It’s a matter of putting yourself in the other person’s place and listening to their point of view. They also need to pray and seek God’s will for their lives. How did I handle conflict?We were blessed to have so much in common. We were both from the same kind of background and were raised in christian homes Our parents never fought with each other so we were not used to conflicts in the home. I don’t want say that we never had any disagreements but I refused to argue, and pretty soon the whole thing was forgotten. We always respected each other’s point of view. When I was first married and came to Florida as a 19 year old I was so homesick I wanted to go back home but I knew I had married for better or worse so I just had to make the best of it. It wasn’t long until things got better and we’ve had a wonderful life together.”
I can only pray that I will be able to say the same thing one day.
