Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!(Psa.133:1)
Peace at home may be defined as a state at home when there is no unresolved conflict or conflict has ended. In many homes, peace is elusive because we don’t really seem to understand the importance of peace at home. We shall briefly explore the causes of lack of peace at home, the implications, as well as solution to lack of peace at home.
CAUSES OF LACK OF PEACE AT HOME.
– Inability to forgive. (Eph.26; Col.3:13)
– Inability to offer and accept apologies.
– Inability to refrain from retaliation. Rom.12:19)
– Inability to respect one another’s likes and dislikes. (Matt.7:1)
– Inability to engage in honest communication.
– Inability to humble yourself.
– Inability to mutually love and submit to one another. (Eph.5:21-25)
DISADVANTAGES OF LACK OF PEACE AT HOME.
– It may affect your mental health.
– It may affect your spiritual health
– It may affect your emotional health.
– It reduces the level of trust in one another.
– It prevents you from planning and working together on joint projects that can help your home.
– It may negatively affect the upbringing of your children.
BENEFITS OF PEACE AT HOME.
– It helps couple to bond.
– It helps the couple in joint planning and execution of such plans.
– It helps in bringing up children in a congenial environment.
– It contributes positively to your emotional health.
– It creates an environment for hearing from God.
SOLUTIONS TO LACK OF GODLY PEACE AT HOME.
– Readiness to forgive and forget offenses.
– Readiness to accept each other’s imperfections and overlook faults.
– Readiness to initiate and sustain unrestrained communication.
– Readiness to avoid unnecessary arguments.
– Readiness to see marital relationship as a life time commitment.
– Readiness to humble yourself.
– Readiness to do the will of God always.
CONCLUSION.
Peace at home is something that every couple must work towards all the time because lack of it has negative implications for your home. Whatever you need to do towards maintaining peace at home must be sacrificed by the partners in the joint project of marriage.
Dr. Mike Oluniyi.
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Achieving peace should be ones target in marriage. One must ensure the home is peaceful enough.
Yes, and be ready to pay the price to maintain peace at home.
Peace at home is very important. You’re right on this.
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