[Love] does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.
—1 Corinthians 13:6
Have you ever rejoiced in something bad happening for your wife? Of course not, you say? Then you must be more holy than me. I'm being honest and open with you today.
There have been times I wanted my wife to do something in a different way. My way was better. She was going to break something or lose money if she did it her way. Sometimes when she insisted on doing it her way and it did fail, there was a little bit of satisfaction because now she will know I was right and she was wro...
Wait. Is that really what I want to rejoice over, her failure? Think about that in spiritual terms. We should never be happy over failure.
It takes a lot of swallowing of a man's pride to do it but we should never be happy when our wives fail, even if it means we are right. And we should always be happy when good things happen to our wives, even when it means we were wrong.
TODAY’S DARE
Find a specific, recent example when your wife demonstrated Christian character in a noticeable way. Verbally commend them for this at some point today. And be on watch for it from now on.
And if you remember a time you somewhat enjoyed a failure of hers, tell her about it and ask her to forgive you.
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