Rotherham & Dearne Valley
"I have come so that they may have life... in all its fullness"
Jesus of Nazareth
Marriage Course sample exercise
Your ranking of you
1-7
Your ranking of your
spouse
1-7
Their ranking of
themselves
1-7
Your ranking of you
1-7
From idealising to realising
This exercise will help us in seeing our partners and ourselves as we really are...the real us... who are the actual people that are getting married...not the fantasy version of us.
Fill in the first two columns, by scoring yourself and your spouse on each characteristic from 1 to 7,
where 1 is low and 7 is high.
Then swap and fill in the third column in the same way. Calculate the difference in scores and discuss.
______ Compassionate _______ minus _______ = _______
______ Patient _______ minus _______ = _______
______ Secure _______ minus _______ = _______
______ Attentive _______ minus _______ = _______
______ Spiritual _______ minus _______ = _______
______ Consistent _______ minus _______ = _______