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Are You Incompatible?

5 Questions About Your Marriage

January 10, 2013 - It happens all the time: well-known couples terminate marriages. The reason?

Are You Incompatible?

By Ruth Bell Graham

Incompatibility. It’s an all too familiar legal umbrella under which an assortment of excuses finds shelter.

I looked up the definition of incompatibility: “incapable of coexisting harmoniously…”

Incapable of coexisting harmoniously? “With God, all things are possible,” I remembered.

The definition continued: disagreeing in nature. Great! One can disagree without being disagreeable.

Before we married, someone gave me a gem of wisdom: “Where two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary.”

Irreconcilable. I doubt it! When two draw near to God, they find themselves closer to one another.

Conflicting. Terrific! When someone gets into a position of political or social power or one of fame or fortune and no one dares to disagree with him or her, look out! This person is in danger. At times, we all need to be disagreed with.

Our daughter’s Swiss in-laws once gave my husband a Swiss watch. Eventually, it stopped working, but no local watchmaker could fix it.

The next time we were in Switzerland, we sent it directly to the company that made it. They had no problem; the ones who made it knew how to make it work again.

Who invented marriage? He is the One to whom we must go. His Book of Instructions has the answers.

More Questions About Marriage:

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Is Your Spouse Imperfect?

Do You Have a Strong Foundation?

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7 Comments

penny says 4.23.2013, 08:51 a.m.

We do pay and our children suffer when we do not follow, the. Path God. Has. For. Us. Pray. And listens

Dondi says 2.12.2013, 2:53 p.m.

You get 1 shot at marriage. I blew it. I married the wrong person and his children have paid the price. Make sure you stay the right person for your marriage partner. It doesnt matter how you were raised -keep your vows.

Olivier says 1.22.2013, 4:57 p.m.

Very constructive and full of God's wisdom. Bless u from Rwanda

sherry says 1.12.2013, 10:53 p.m.

Thank you for the words. I'm praying my marriage stronger than ever before.

Rhode says 1.11.2013, 1:32 p.m.

When we allow God to be the only third party in our marriage we can claim His promise when He said," Fear not I will be with you always."

Jareen says 1.10.2013, 9:49 p.m.

It took me a while, but I have learned to trust in the Lord for that mate he would want to be in my life, and to allow my flesh to die and allow God to do His work in me.

FRED says 1.10.2013, 3:12 p.m.

THANKS-I NEEDED THIS-LOVE U

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