- to value a person highly
- to treat them as a treasure and treat them with respect
This is the hard part - when you do not feel your spouse deserves to be honored. But the way you have to look at it is that honor is not earned - it is a gift. It doesn't depend on your feelings or your spouses actions - it is something that you choose to give.
Just like many things in life, once you begin to honor your spouse, you will actually begin to see the good things that you couldn't see before. It changes our thought process from a negative to a positive.
What we choose, creates how we feel. So if we choose to honor someone the feeling of honor will follow over time.
You make the choice to value that other person, you choose to look beneath the behavior to find the value inside, you decide to treasure them and look at their pluses not minuses. You keep in this frame of mind and your emotions will begin to fall in line.
Our feelings always follow our beliefs......
This is called, "Confirmation Bias" (look it up) Confirmation bias means that what we believe about someone whether positive or negative, we will find evidence to support that belief.
If you focus on the negatives of your spouse, it is inevitable that you will treat them accordingly. On the other hand if you look at the positive side and see your spouse as a wonderful treasure you will begin to place high value on them and your feelings of affection will grow.
Dr. John Gottman, a relationship expert, found that he can predict divorce by 99% accuracy just by observing whether couples honor each other. Without honor you can not attain intimacy or security in marriage.
Next post: Some ways to honor one another...
"Be devoted to one another in love; give preference to one another in honor" Romans 12:10
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