A judge in Wisconsin offered seven rules for easing tensions and making married life happier. They are as follows (Bible verses added):
1. Be as nice to your spouse as you are to yourself (Matthew 22:38–40).
2. Maintain a sense of humor (Proverbs 17:22).
3. Try to work out your own problems together (Matthew 5:9).
4. Do not forget small attentions (Zechariah 4:10).
5. Advice of parents should be sought on infrequent and important occasions (Proverbs 10:19).
6. Keep financial matters on a business plane with the idea that marriage is a partnership financially as well as in other ways (Genesis 2:24).
7. Marry with the idea that divorce is illegal and marriage is permanent (Matthew 5:32; 19:4–9).
While the judge has given some good advice, the most important advice of all is: Include God in your marriage (Psalm 127:1–3).
“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” Psalm 127:1
