They would love to have many friends, but the problem is that they are just too defensive. If you want a greater closeness in your marriage and with your brethren, then you must be willing to take advice, some criticism, and allow people to be less than perfect when around you. You must learn to allow people to be human. If your spouse can t share his or her dreams with you without criticism, they will stop sharing guaranteed. If you can t discuss your fears without being lectured, you ll turn to others who will listen.
Love is able to make peace with change.
Although we often wish it were otherwise, nothing stays the same. People change in marriages, their likes and dislikes change, congregations change, people move out and move in, people are converted and people fall away, babies are born, and people die. God doesn t change and the truth doesn t change, but virtually everything else does. Stop demanding a different result for the same action or attitude. People can be extremely stubborn and dense.