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this may sound incredibly sappy, but i think we would do well to consider treating our marriages a little more like delicate flowers than big, overgrown pee-can trees.
let me explain.
our marriages take blows everyday. too much time at the office. forgetting a birthday or anniversary. a thoughtless criticism. overspending. too tired. careless messes left laying around the house. a blind stare. an overreaction. a broken engagement. a white lie. an unkept promise. sharing a sacred secret. unkind words or sarcasm… “it’s just a joke”. the silent treatment.
am i missing any of your favorites?
i don’t think anybody deliberately sets out to sabotage their own marriage. it’s usually a gradual decent. tiny indiscretions. carelessness and stupidity. “it’s no big deal…”
yeah, right.
we chip away and chip away, never dreaming that the little “chips” are really mounting up to full-fledged sawz-all action on our relationships. instead of caressing and protecting and holding our marriages with a sacred shield, we treat them like they are covered with armor. impervious to the shots we deliver.
don’t you think it’s about time we started treating our spouses with compassionate respect and our covenant relationships with nurture, safety, and hedges of protection?
don’t live with your head in the sand. what you do to your marriage today will make a difference…one way or the other.
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