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We covenant together never to raise our voices in anger. Even when we are angry, or hurt, or wronged. We will respond calmly if the other raises their voice in anger. We will end the discussion and leave the room until the other has controlled their anger. We will never discuss a problem or situation in anger. We will never insult the other person with our words. We will not attack their personhood. We will never bring up issues that have been dealt with. We will never bring up past faults when dealing with a present problem. We will address one issue at a time in any given discussion. We will define goals, work toward them, and hold each other accountable in them. We will respect one another's personhood, mind, experience, opinions, and emotions. We will never degrade the other in any of these areas. We will never belittle the seriousness of the concerns the other brings to our attention. We will seek to build one another up. We will never bring up a problem without also encouraging the other in something that they are doing well. We will seek every day to express our love for the other in thought, word, and deed. © 2002 Paula Marolewski You have my permission to reprint and distribute this article as long as it is distributed in its entirety, including all links and copyright information. This article is not to be sold or included with anything that is sold.
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Paula J. Marolewski of Sink Your Roots is the author of challenging and interactive adult Bible studies for individual and group use, available at www.SinkYourRoots.com/.
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