| sugiggs | says | 'Do not merely lookout for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others' - Phil 2:4 |
| sugiggs | says | If you were asked to name three areas where you and your spouse disagree, you'd likely be able to do it without thinking very hard. |
| sugiggs | says | You might even be able to produce a top ten list if given a few more minutes. And sadly, unless someone at your house starts doing some |
| sugiggs | says | giving in, these same issues are going to keep popping up between you and your mate. |
| sugiggs | says | Unfortunately, stubbornness comes as a standard feature on both husband and wife models. |
| sugiggs | says | Defending your rights and opinions is a foundational part of your nature and make-up. It's detrimental, though, |
| sugiggs | says | inside a marriage relationship and it steals away time an productivity. It can also cause great frustration for both of you. |
| sugiggs | says | Some things are worth standing up for and protecting. Our priorities, morals, and obedience to God should be guarded with great effort. |
| sugiggs | says | But too often we debate over piddling things, like the color of wall paint of choices of restaurants. |
| sugiggs | says | Other times, of course, the stakes are much higher. Children, vacation, kid's education, ministry at church, etc. |
| sugiggs | says | Though these issues may not crop up everyday, they keep resurfacing and don't really go away. |
| sugiggs | says | There's only one way to get beyond stalemates like these, that's by finding a word that's the opposite of stubbornness. |
| sugiggs | says | That word is 'willing'. It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. |
| sugiggs | says | As God, He had every right to refuse becoming a man but yielded and did - because He was willing. |
| sugiggs | says | He had the right to be served but cane to serve us instead. He had the right to live in peace and safety but willingly laid down His life. |
| sugiggs | says | All it takes for your present arguments to continue is for both of you to stay entrenched and unbending. |
| sugiggs | says | But the very moment one of you says 'I'm willing to go your way on this one', the argument will be over. |
| sugiggs | says | And though the follow through may cost you some pride and discomfort, you made a loving, lasting investment in your marriage. |
| sugiggs | says | The wise and loving thing to do is to start approaching your disagreements with a willingness to not always insist on your way. |
| sugiggs | says | That's not to say your mate is necessarily right or being wise about a matter, but you are choosing to give strong consideration |
| sugiggs | says | to their preference as a way of valuing them. |
| sugiggs | says | No, you won't always see eye-to-eye. You're not supposed to be carbon copies of each other. |
| sugiggs | says | Two people who always share the same opinions and perspectives won't have any balance or flavor to enhance the relationship. |
| sugiggs | says | Rather, your differences are for listening to and learning from. |
| sugiggs | says | Are you willing to bend to demonstrate to your spouse? Or are you refusing to give in because of pride? If it doesn't matter in the long run |
| sugiggs | says | -especially in eternity - then give up ur rights and choose to honor the one u love. It will be both good for u and good for your marriage. |
| sugiggs | says | **Today's dare**: Demonstrate love by willingly choosing to give in to an area of disagreement between you and your spouse. |
| sugiggs | says | Tell them you are putting their preference first. --end |
| sugiggs | says | What issue did you choose? What did giving in cost you? How will this help in the future? |
| sugiggs | says | *sorry for the delay.. Chaos at office since I stepped in this morning  * |
| BINGo | says |  |
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