𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄.

 

Sometimes we deflect the praise of men towards us with false humility. It's only an insincere man who will boldly claim that he hates the praise of men towards him. The holy scriptures inform us God created man in His image and likeness. 

An aspect of the "likeness" of God is that He loves praise. 

 

One of the reasons God destroyed some of the Israelites in the wilderness is complaints. God hates complaints, and so do we humans. The more we praise God, the less we see reasons to complain, and the more we have reasons to praise Him. The psalmist king David understood this nature of God and lived his life praising God until praises became his lifestyle. 

 

A popular adage says a lion always begets its kind. 

We are little gods, and like our Maker, when He or our fellow humans praises us, we are fueled to more goodness in action.

 

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆. 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

 

Some marriages are sick as a result of complaints. Couples complain about so many things, and few include; fundamental beliefs, values, dresses, emotional intimacy, sexual satisfaction, house chores, placement of things in their rightful position, expectation, and the list can go on.

 

Where your spouse isn't getting it right as expected, praise them in the other areas. Sometimes ignore those actions of theirs that can ignite you to complain. You mustn't talk.

Complaining drains one emotionally, leaves you in the mud of hurt and pain, and deprives you of creating a beautiful memory and home with your spouse.

 

 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏.

𝑰𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆.

 

You can not praise your spouse when you ignore their emotions and sacrifices. Learn to praise your spouse for their uniqueness, presence in your life, and the little or much they do, and you will see how your home becomes .