Counsellor and general overseer of Roar Time Ministries, Ekow Daniels says the concept of understanding one’s spouse is the hardest thing in marriage.
He grounds his belief on the fact that humans get socialised to happenings in society as they grow.
This, according to him, makes them develop certain perceptions based on their orientation and upbringing.
Speaking on Prime Morning, the counsellor explained that no behaviour is static and spouses need to adapt to each other’s character within the marriage.
"You don’t know anybody until you marry them. That’s why you have people having a very long relationship in terms of dating for six years, they marry in three months or one year, and they’re divorced then you ask yourself what happened. So you learn to understand the person that you have agreed to spend the rest of your life with. It’s the hardest work in marriage," he stated.
He added that there is an anointing in marriage that exposes the character of people, which their partners need to adapt to.
Although it is difficult to understand one’s spouse, the Bible, Pastor Ekow Daniels said, encourages individuals to try as much as possible to study their life partners.
He further indicated that due to Westernisation, most Ghanaian women have changed their understanding of submissiveness.
This, he said, has negatively impacted a lot of marriages in recent times, leading to divorces.
"When you try to adopt someone else’s culture into yours, it becomes a problem. In our setting, there is a way we expect our women to be submissive. Our great-grandmothers had a certain perception when it comes to marriage. The subject of submissiveness, they understood it from another angle."
"Today, the subject of being submissive is totally different, where the woman also feels that she has the right. But Biblically, the proper submission, even in all cultures, means that you have an option and you choose not to take it," Pastor Ekow Daniels explained.
He therefore advised individuals in marriages to readjust their perceptions of their spouses, as everyone is subject to change.
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