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How to Have a Happy Marriage
lack of income is injuring her mate more than she realizes.
Golden Rule in Marriage
"Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also
to
them ..." (Matt. 7:12). Surely no one in his right mind
disagrees with the ancient sentiment. But who are the
"oth–
ers"?
Probably your mate is the last person you think of in
this connection.
Things go wrong at the office. You have cost the com–
pany a small sum by missing an obvious error in a major
printing of company brochures. Your workmate who nor–
mally cross-checks your work was called out of town on an
emergency. To say that your boss is unhappy is the prover–
bial understatement. How do you expect to be treated when
you arrive home? With consideration, empathy, even sympa–
thy? Of course! Maybe your wife won't mention that the lawn
is long overdue for a mowing. That is the way men expect
to
be treated by their wives.
But is that the way they treat their wives when things
go wrong at home? That day the bread didn't rise. The
bathroom was flooded. She dropped a piece of the best china
and the kids have been impossible. And your lovely wife
coped with all these "minor" disasters without calling you
once. When you arrive at the front door, she's at the end of
her tether. How do you treat her in these circumstances?
Do you step in and get the children to bed yourself? Do
you offer to
dry
the dishes that particular evening? Do you
console your spouse? Do you treat her the way you expect to
be treated? Do you love your neighbor-your wife-as your–
self?
And do you women respect your husbands as much as
you do your own selves?
Seventy Times Seven
Peter asked Jesus Christ how many times he had to
forgive his brother and then threw out the number seven.
"Seventy times seven" came the unhesitating answer. In
other words, unlimited forgiveness. There's only one relation–
ship where the 70 times seven is likely to occur. It is doubtful
a brother or neighbor or friend will sin against any of us that