Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
When we fall in love with someone and we marry them, a team effort begins. Because we are about to learn things that we didn’t know about them before.
Sometimes there are little things about each other that can drive us crazy. When my husband and I were first married, he would get upset because I didn’t rinse the sink out after I got done brushing my teeth. I just didn’t think of it. No biggie, right?
I was 18 and he was 20. We were very young, but also very in love.
But, he would ask me to rinse it out and I didn’t give it too much thought, other than, “why should he get upset about that? He can just wipe it out if it bothers him!”
As time went by, he would just get very irritated about it. So one day he brought it up again and we argued over it for a bit.
How silly, right?
No. Not so silly. These are the things that show us whether or not we are listening and hearing each other. These things are the very things we have to work together on.
Even though it was small and insignificant to me, it bothered him. I needed to respect him and change up my habit, showing him that I care.
We need to listen to our spouse. Hear those little things that they say. It could make all the difference in our marriage.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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