“Two are better than one,
Because they have a good reward for their labor.” (Ecc 4:9)
#5. Productivity Boost
When you set out to do something, it is easy to get discouraged. When you’re feeling lazy, it’s easy to procrastinate. When you’re feeling reluctance, it’s easy to give up at the first encounter of difficulty.
However, one of the blessing of marriage is that you no longer work alone, but you automatically do things together and help one another. That already in itself reduces discouragement, laziness, or reluctance in doing good things. It’s always a mindset boost when can work with a partner versus working alone. But even if those sentiments do creep in, your spouse’s presence and enthusiasm can help you out of the funk.
Yesterday we started cleaning up the E1 classroom to paint it. Then we’ll reorganize everything and throw out any junk. This would have been an daunting and overbearing task for one person. I know I personally wouldn’t want to tackle this alone. In fact, I think one of my many weaknesses is lack of perserverance and diligence. But thank and praise God, “two are better than one.” We were able to get so much done (and plan to get a lot more done this week).
The prospect of being able accomplish so much more together is a great blessing to have for the rest of our lives. This is the blessing of marriage.