Your wife wants you to work on emotional growth. At first you resist, as we all do. We love staying the same. Then you embrace the mission of emotional growth. But what are the words, skills, and areas that define emotional growth? She clarifies: She wants deeper dialogue.

How do you start?

Here are a few thoughts and questions you can use as emotional conversation starters. Try these. There are no right or wrong answers. It’s about learning to engage in emotional conversation.

• Today I’m grateful for…
• Do you know what I appreciate about you…
• Something that touched me deeply was…
• A situation that scared me recently was…
• A place I know God is working is…
• I’m asking God to bless me…
• I’m praying for…
• Something I’m learning about myself…
• Something I’m learning about you…
• A weakness I’m working on is…
• Something I’m interested in learning more about is…
• I like using my creative skills to create…
• I find emotional growth difficult because…
• A struggle I currently have is…
• This is what I’m doing to be more peaceful and restful…

Prayer

Father, I know you made me for relationship. And, talking is step one in building a relationship. Step two is using emotional language to learn and grow. Talking is easy. Pressing in and exploring you, the Creator, myself, and my wife is not. Please give me wisdom and keep blessing me. Amen.

Bible Connection

Is your heart open and receptive? Read Matthew 13:3-7. Some hearts are rocky, thorny, and have no depth. Don’t let that be you.