Building Trust in Marriage
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Building Trust in Marriage
What does “trust” mean in a marriage? How do we really show trust? Does it mean foregoing prenuptial agreements? Giving one another full access to our bank accounts? Living with one another day in and day out, flaws, failures and all? Admitting every sin we’ve ever committed to our spouse?
When I think about the word “trust,” I believe that trust is having a belief in a person that no matter what, he or she holds your best interest in their heart. They will always do their utmost to treat you with respect and dignity and never desire to harm you in any way. When you trust a spouse, you are believing that they love, cherish and respect you and that they will always act in that manner.
If you’ve been through hurt in relationships (who hasn’t?), then trust may feel elusive at times. When our hearts hurt as a result of personal relationships, the natural reaction is to retreat and guard our injuries. Guarding our hearts typically includes reserving our trust for only those times we feel it is deserved.
So what does the Bible say about building trust in marriage?
1. Put your ultimate trust in God, not man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. Psalm 118:8
If we trust God, then he will provide the wisdom and discernment to trust others as needed.
2. When husbands and wives trust each other, the results are beautiful.
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. Proverbs 31:11
This passage describes the virtuous woman, someone we often call the “Proverbs 31 woman,” and what strong words are used to describe the trust of her husband!
3. Trust is believing that love wins every time.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. I Corinthians 13:7
Trusting is really believing that the above verse is true. So if you want to build a beautiful trust relationship on the basis of love, how do you do it?
My Personal Experience
My personal experience for building trust in marriage has been quite the journey. When I look back at the time before my first husband had an affair and we divorced over 15 years ago, then I realize that our trust relationship was so very weak before he ever had the affair. If I can be frank with you, I personally did not understand the importance of intimacy in our relationship. After divorce from my first husband, I truly believe that trust in God is what allowed me to trust again. God has given Matt and I a beautiful redemption story and we are so grateful. I am beyond thankful for my incredible husband and our extremely close relationship.
Fostering Intimacy Fosters Trust
I mentioned my personal experience above, because I’m going to boldly go where I’ve not gone before here on the blog. I can’t emphasize enough how important I believe intimacy is in marriage. Yes, I mean sex, but I also mean a personal closeness that exists no matter what you are doing. Intimacy fosters trust and we learned above that trust is vital to a healthy marriage.
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Today I’m blogging as part of the 31 days to a Better Marriage on ManagingYourBlessings.com and I’d love it if you would continue to read about building trust in marriage with “5 Things to Do to Build Trust in Your Marriage.”
Have a thriving Thursday!
Rachel
Sometimes, I wonder what marriage would be like had people been willing to commit themselves to the Word of God by taking their God-given responsibilities toward each other.
Thank you! I really needed to hear this! My dh has recently bumped up his working hours to finish his last year in sales strong. He is a God fearing man full of faith, which is what made me fall in love with him in the first place. He use to wirk from home a lot but because he gets distracted with the kids and I decided to get an outside office about 15 mins from home. It didn’t take much more than the first week of long nights gone, that Satan started planting seeds of doubt in my mind. I’ve been told that once you give even the slightest heed to those seeds its really hard to get them uprooted. I’ve been praying and trying to remind myself of how much he does lo e me and that he doesn’t work long hours because he enjoys it; he works long hours Because of his love for me and our children and he’s sacrificing his personal time with us to provide for our family. But with life its easy to forget this, so thank you for the simple and honest reminder 🙂
Thank you for the sweet affirmative note, Misty!