Marriage Counseling Intro. Letter

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Text Box: Marriage Counseling Review  

Text Box:   Greetings,   One of my favorite things in the world is to work with young couples who are getting ready to embark on a lifetime together.  Pre-marital counseling is fun for many reasons, everyone is optimistic and excited to be together.  Sometimes pastors talk about this as the “glossed over” eyes phase of marriage, because married life is more challenging than pre-married life.   Sometimes one or the other feels overwhelmed and the love that was once burning hot can be either luke-warm or downright cold.  So, I have put this packet together to give you a quick refresher of the things we had talked about.  I imagine that none of you will remember all the things we talked about off the top of your head, especially since we couldn’t even remember them by the third session :) .    I hope that you will take some time to go through this and keep it as a resource you can come back to.  I have 29 pages and thought it might be fun to come back to each February and go through a page a day.  It might give you time to rekindle and renew.  But, you can use it however you like.   I have tried to provide questions on each page that can hopefully spur some discussion, but please feel free to run with it and talk about whatever you like!   You are welcome to share this material with others if it would be helpful.  Most of this material is an accumulation of years of study, listening and learning.  Many of these ideas came from the leading Christian counselors in the United States.  I would encourage you to read any or all of the books mentioned and of course to study God’s word and let His Spirit speak to you and lead you.   Once again let me remind you if there is ever any way that I (or Michelle) can be of service to you, either as a neutral party or just someone to bounce ideas off of, please let me know.  I consider our relationship to be precious and I hope that you know you can always count on me to offer myself to you.  If you do find yourself in a rut don’t be afraid to get professional counseling or talk to your current pastor.  And if you are in a rut and haven’t found a church to commit to and a small group to be a part of, maybe there is a correlation.   Blessings,     Mike C mike@conangroup.com

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