Can't We All Just Get Along?

I want to share something that has been weighing heavily on my mind.

I don't pretend to be an expert in marriage. Mine fell apart right before my eyes. But that doesn't mean it wasn't good at times. But I do have something to say about it. There is a lot of give and take in marriage. But you have to give as much as you take. It takes work to make a marriage work. Not from one person but from both people. And I'm not just talking work to make the relationship work and keep the marriage together. I'm talking about helping each other out. Yes, guys, I mean housework and helping care for the kids. And yes, ladies, I mean yard work.

You thought I was going to say something about how God created marriage and to keep it sacred. All that is true, don't get me wrong. But He created us as equals...to work together. Not against each other.

So, I think it is a wise idea to sit down with your spouse and come up with some kind of game plan. And compromise. Did you hear me? COMPROMISE. I know that's hard to do but sometimes we all need to bite the bullet and do something we all don't want to do. And this can work in all aspects of your decision-making together. Not just household chores. But everything. Yeah, I know. Some of you are rolling your eyes at me. I'll get off my soap box in a minute.

If you are married and you are reading this, I have a couple of reading suggestions for you. In your own time I challenge you all to read The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman and His Needs, Her Needs by Willard F Harley, Jr. In the last one ladies you will read the His Needs part and guys you will read the Her Needs part. I tried to get J to read both of them but sadly he never did. I just hope and pray that one day he finds someone who makes him happy.

Okay, I'm off my soap box now. Thanks for listening!