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Not Suppressing Your Feelings
So, you think things are better off if you just keep them inside. No need to share your concerns about life changes, or some uncertainty at work. Or even about a close friend going through a hard time. Would your life partner even really care, or want to hear about what you are holding on the inside?
[Part 1 – Topic]
Your feelings should not have to be buried way down deep, where others will never know. Please understand that your Awesome Creator made you and your spouse to be able to address and correct any problems that may arise.
Okay to experience life with your emotions completely intact, working as God invented them. At times, you may need a quiet moment to shed a few tears. Or, enjoy a happy moment where you feel the need to get loud and excited.
Remember, Christian marriage is the place to share everything, including how you really feel about all of life’s complications. You and your other half were designed to “do life” as a team who “share” and “care” about each other.
[Part 2 – Problem]
At this point in your life, you may simply not be interested in “discussing” how you feel about anything. Or, maybe just not things that occur outside the home and family unit. Perhaps you only want to “pray” about most concerns, and not really discuss them out loud.
Maybe you view yourself as a person primarily focused on “non-emotional” things, like working and paying the bills. After all, not everybody at work takes the time to share with the team what happened over the past weekend.
Possibly just not wanting to bring your concerns from work home with you. Besides, why increase the stress level at home for no reason. Maybe you feel that any bad news or negativity will upset the love of your life.
[Part 3 – Solution]
Right now is the perfect time to have that long overdue conversation with your other half. Just you and your dear spouse talking about anything and everything. Start with whatever you may be a little afraid to address.
So good of you to be responsible on keeping things running smoothly at home, like a well-oiled machine. Just never forget to share those more intimate concerns between you two love birds.
Even those feeling or concerns linked to work should be shared right away. Your dear spouse will likely want to be supportive of everything that is important to you. Besides, getting everything out in the open sooner allows for more time to consider other options.
From one who forever remains…
“Under the Shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1),
Shawn Episcopo
Christian Community for Married Men and Women — (Knights) & (Damsels)
Other resources which may be of interest…
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