Thursday, May 2, 2013

My Way... Another Way?

Love... "It does not insist on its own way..." (1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV)

Sadly this time I can't write about something I am good at. Let me tell you a story:

Imagine that there are two people who are married. Imagine that one of them is highly structured and one of them is not. Imagine that one of them thrives on systems and the other is less concerned about such things. Imagine that the person who is not structure focused decides to do something around the house. Now imagine that the structured person believes they have a better / more efficient way to accomplish that same something. What should they do? Is their way actually better? Does it really matter if it is? Is anything gained for the family by them pointing out the 'better' way? Can the 'better' way be suggested in love?

Love... "It does not insist on its own way..." (1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV)

This isn't one of those verses I am good at ... Not something I can ignore or check off my list. I am still learning.