Here are three questions you should ask yourself about your communication. After you ask yourself, then ask your family these same questions and find our if the answers are the same. Your answers provide insight into the areas where your conversations must grow in-depth and in maturity.
First question:
Do your spouse and your children have confidence that they will be able to say all that is on their hearts without fear of your response?
Is your family accustomed to being cut off or being corrected before they can finish speaking? Do you interrupt because you think you know what is coming? If this is your pattern you are building relational barriers that are difficult to overcome.
Those closest to you need to be able to express what is on their hearts so that you can know how to lovingly and wisely engage them to bring truth and healing to your lives. See Proverbs 18:13 and James 1:19-20.
Second question:
Are you an advocate or an accuser in your daily communication? Do your words create safety or anxiety for your spouse and children?
If you love the way Christ has loved you, you will want to be a refuge
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