Joanne B. Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies teacher and author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She has received her Master of Science degree in Psychology/Christian Counseling with honors from Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on the history of development of the Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.
“Forgiveness is an act that joins moral truth, forbearance, compassion, and commitment to repair torn human relationships by releasing anger, fear, and the desire for revenge. "
The whole goal for forgiveness is to restore a relationship to good will and trust with that person who has hurt you. When there is forgiveness there is no longer the motivated desire to protect ourselves. There is a motivation to heal that relationship. Forgiveness gives the desire to think good thoughts about our spouse, have a positive rather than negative remembrance of the spouse.
The ideal is to have a relationship between husband and wife and the LORD God. This is a covenant between and it calls both man and woman to submit to yield their lives to the LORD God and to one another as a sign of the covenant bond. Being a wife, it is not a matter of being a door mat to your husbands it is a matter of being a loving partner to him.
Husbands are to be loving, considerate and caring for the wives and wives are to be loving, considerate and caring toward the husbands. It isn’t supposed to be a battle to award a medal to whoever is the stronger sex, or who can manipulate better using the harshest methods.
Relationship jealousy takes the involvement of three people. That can be husband, wife and a child, or it can be between siblings one or both parents. The Bible gives us many examples of jealousy and the out come of that jealousy.
Women want to be loved. They want to give love and they want to receive love. That is a basic need that all humans need. Michal was willing to give love but was caught in a political power play.
Man did not invent marriage—it is created and instituted by God. God called for Marriage calls one man and one woman to leave home, cleave together, and become one flesh.
Difference between men and women need to be address because it is important in the communication process. When couples learn these are normal differences they can then begin to accept each other rather than an attempt to change each other.
The marriage of Adam and Eve had its ups and downs just like all marriages. They lived in a paradise and bliss. All young marriage couples in in the same bliss of those early years. Both man and woman were created by the LORD God with uniqueness and equality in complexity and unity. It was the LORD who instituted marriage in all its ups and downs.