Good Morning, Missionettes!
I hope you're staying warm! Here in Virginia, it's been snowy/icy for the past week and there's more winter on the way!
I wanted to kick today off with more of a personal post. So it's fitting that I started with this photo I took of my husband. I wanted to talk about a time that we failed. Actually, it just happened this week. It was just a normal night in and I started a fight. Without getting into too much detail, I brought up a situation from two weeks ago where I felt like he overreacted. We got into a pretty heated discussion, while we were each trying to justify our actions and point out why the other person was wrong. At one point when things were particularly heated, I just looked at my husband and said, "I don't even recognize you anymore." We have been married for almost 3 years and I had never seen him that angry.
I realized that I had created this tension between us because I threw something in his face that I felt he did wrong...two weeks ago! Why do I do that? I held onto the situation like ammunition to be stored up for later. You know that little section of 1 Corinthians 13:5?
Your version might say, ..."it keeps no record of wrongs". Yeah, definitely failed on that one. It was right in the middle of our fight that I stopped to think for a second. This wasn't how I wanted my marriage to be. I apologized to restore the peace. I didn't realize that I had offended him so badly. I wanted our marriage to be a safe place. I know I've made my fair share of mistakes and I failed an opportunity to show the grace that I have been shown. I am so thankful for a man who leads me in the Word and is happy to walk on this journey of sanctification with me. Although I hate that I started this argument and offended my husband, I am glad that God used that moment to remind me what this marriage is all about.
Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone be the glory...
This marriage isn't about us -- who was right and rubbing each other's faces in wrongdoing. The love we share with one another is intended to point each of us back to Christ. This should not be the case only in times of peace and happiness, but even in our arguments. Living together as sinful beings, arguments are unavoidable. But even in our disagreements, we should be fighting well. So let that be the goal for us today and everyday. Are you loving others in the way that you live and in the way that you speak? What about when you've been wronged?
