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Shut up and say 'Thank you' 

8/19/2013

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A nagging [contentious] spouse is like
    the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;
You can’t turn it off,
    and you can’t get away from it. 


Proverbs 27:15-16 MSG
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"Oh for pete's sake," I sighed. "Those sheets and blankets are never going to dry all bunched up like that."

I cringed. 

My husband had just spent three days caring for our farm and our son on his own so that I could go to a funeral in another state. I had come home to a clean house, contented smiles from my son, and a congenial husband. My response? To criticize. 

Shame on me. 

To God's credit (not mine!), I didn't blurt it out. I thought about saying something about the state of our son's unmade bed, at 8:30pm, but decided to keep my mouth shut. They'd been fine without me for three days, and certainly didn't need me to step in now. 

Do you struggle with just saying 'thank you', and then shutting up? One way you can single-handedly make your marriage suck is to criticize, nag and correct. 

Did my son's bed look like I had made it, when it finally did get made? No. But WHO CARES? He slept fine, my husband slept fine and so did I. 

I have heard so many wives and husbands complain that their spouse never offers to help them with chores or projects - and then go on to point out everything the spouse did/does wrong... 

Do you want your marriage to NOT suck? 


Shut up, and say 'thank you'. 

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cynthia h. price
8/21/2013 09:05:23 pm

Love the MSG translation of this verse. Thank you for such words of wisdom. So very true. God Bless your day!!! Love, Mom

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