FIX IT

“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” - Mary Engelbreit

A couple married for 15 years began having more than the usual marriage disagreements. They wanted to make their marriage work and agreed on an idea the wife had. For one month, they planned to drop a slip in a "Fault" box. The boxes would provide a place to let the other know about daily irritations. The wife was diligent in her efforts and approach: "leaving the jelly top off the jar," "wet towels on the shower floor," "dirty socks not in hamper," on and on until the end of the month. After dinner, at the end of the month, they exchanged boxes. The husband reflected on what he had done wrong. Then the wife opened her box and began reading. They were all the same, the message on each slip was, “I love you!"

Henry James said “Sorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.” When it’s right, marriage can be a beautiful
thing. But that doesn’t mean it’s challenge-free. Even those that seem the happiest encounter their share of problems. It’s all the more reason to focus less on other couples - and how green you think their grass must be - and more on taking care of your own grass.

Beloved, that discomfort you’re experiencing will roll over soon, like the storm it won’t stay forever. Marriage is a beautiful thing no doubt with its challenges. It’s like the beautiful rose with its thorns. The grass is most green in your own marriage; just shower it with more love. Don’t be deceived, divorce isn’t the answer to a shaky marriage, just as suicide isn’t the solution to difficulties in life. Choose to love even when you don’t feel love - loving your spouse is a decision, not a feeling. Feelings are fickle. Don’t break it, FIX IT. 

WISDOM NUGGET: I Corinthians 13:7
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

Let us pray: Father, help me shower my relationships with more love, especially my marriage in Jesus name.

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