Council

Councils are one of the greatest ways to keep your marriage happy, but many wonder what the Council should consist of. As we learned yesterday you should open your council by taking time to express love and admiration for one another. This is a huge step because spirit, but it also clears the hard feelings you may have for the other. prayer so that you may invite the spirit in. This is something that I know many people forget because they just want to go right ahead and get done with the meeting. Next you should prayer so that you may invite the spirit in. This also lets you invite God into your meeting so that he can guide you in the right direction. After that you should discuss to consensus regarding the Lords will. You should never just compromise because than you are just having someone give into the other instead of both of you agreeing on that needs to be done. Keeping the Lords will in mind is a huge part of having a successful council, whatever he says is what needs to happen whether you agree with it or not. Lastly you should end with another prayer and express gratitude for you the Lord. Spouses should meet like this one on one before they go and have a meeting with the rest of the family. This is important so that they are on the same page and no one is taken off guard.

Intimacy

This week in class I loved how we talked about when is the right time to talk about intimacy and how we should teach it. For children we should just tell them when the confront us on things because if we don't than the world will effect there views. I also liked how we discussed that telling kids and teenagers that it is wrong and will make you dirty is not the way to go. We should talk about how it is something sacred and should be left for marriage.

Fathers

This week the main theme I noticed was the importance of fathers. When a wife is pregnant the husband needs to be 100% attentive to her or things will fall apart. For appointments the husband should be present supporting and caring for his wife because doing so will show her that she can rely on him and trust him to come to her aid. Actually being there when the baby is born is also a huge thing the husband should be participating in because it is a strong bonding experience. Throughout the babies life there should be cooperation between the mother and husband whether its for changing diapers or getting up with the baby, no one should be doing it alone.