The Secret to a Happier Relationship Part 1

DIGGING DEEPER         02/02/2015   The Secret to a Happier Relationship         Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things that Make a Big Difference by Shaunti Feldhahn. Social researcher and best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn conducted an eight-year study to learn why some couples are able to achieve “highly happy” marriages. She identified 12 powerful habits that the happiest couples have in common. One key component she discovered was that highly happy couples look to someone higher than themselves: Why Looking to Marriage for Happiness Means You’re Looking in the Wrong Place In this current project, I have been finding a fascinating parallel among the happiest couples. You might think that the happiest spouses placed their marriages or each other above everything else. But—counterintuitive as it might seem—that often was not the case at all. They, too, looked higher—ordering their homes and relationships around a transcendent priority. And as a result they, too, were more secure and happy.        What Could Matter More than the Marriage?     Even though I interviewed hundreds of people outside of church-related venues—many of whom, statistically speaking, I expected to not believe in God—the randomly encountered happy couples I spoke to kept bringing Him up. It didn’t matter whether I was in an urban subway station in Newark or an upscale coffee shop in Omaha; whether I was talking to an elderly white pair or a young African American couple. Although it didn’t happen with everyone, more often than not, the happiest spouses mentioned that faith in God was vitally important to their marriages. Relying on Him gave them the security of knowing that Someone higher than themselves was in control—Someone on whom they each could rely on for the selflessness needed to put the other person first and create a great marriage. Not only that, but the knowledge that their spouses were looking to God for fulfillment—rather than to them—took the pressure off trying to provide something that, in the end, only God can really provide. Watch out for next weeks Digging Deeper email where we will share with you 6 keys Shaunti Feldhahn gives us in the rest of this article, Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things that Make a Big Difference.       By Shaunti Feldhahn         K-LOVE - 5700 West Oaks Blvd. Rocklin, CA 95765 - (800) 525-LOVE (5683)     FACEBOOK     TWITTER     YOUTUBE     LISTEN ONLINE     FAQS       We hope you found this message to be useful. This email was sent as part of your membership at Educational Media Foundation, the parent company of K-LOVE Radio. Your email address is not sold to or shared with a third party. We sometimes use third parties to fulfill services for us, like email sending or music survey tests. In those cases they will have access to your information for the strict purpose of fulfilling their tasks. 5700 West Oaks Blvd., Rocklin, CA 95765 This email was sent to you at: lisatim93.labellabling@blogger.com Click here if you wish to Unsubscribe or click here to Edit your profile.

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