One of the best ways to think of marriage counseling is like dealing with unwanted garbage. I tell couples all the time that while we are in counseling they need treat marriage counseling like taking out the garbage. Once a week take the stinky, smelly issues of the relationship to someone who can help you get rid them. What I am noticing is that some couples are hoarding things that should be thrown away. There is so much garbage they don’t know where to begin. Some couples have let things Some couples have things that should be sorted through once or twice a year, something like spring and fall cleaning.
The trouble with many marriages is that there is large focus on the negative and stressful situations, so much that positives no longer have a place. What am I investing in relationships that matter? What do I need to invest more of? Who gets the more of my energy, my job, my hobbies, my close relationships?
Scripture: Proverbs 10:2 Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.(New International Version