Humble and Kind

I feel like the biggest culprit to many failed marriages is pride. When we have pride in our hearts, we are unable to think of our partners needs but instead only think of ourselves. There are so many things that can cause a wedge between you and your spouse if we choose to let pride overcome our hearts. Games such as bringing up your spouse’s faults or giving them the cold shoulder can really be detrimental to your marriage. When we play games like that, we are not thinking about our partner anymore. We are only thinking of ourselves and trying to either make our self feel better or trying to tear down our partner. Either way, that is absolutely no way to treat anyone, including your spouse. When situations like these occur, humility and charity are not present in the marriage. We have to be willing to change and admit when we are wrong. We need to have the pure love of Christ is our marriage and constantly serve our partner without expecting anything back in return. When you start to put your partner in front of your own needs and really think of their feelings, you allow love and humility fill you heart. I really do believe that serving each other is a HUGE way in making sure that pride does not take an affect in your marriage. When you serve and love each other, you forget to be selfish and become selfless.






There is a song by Tim McGraw and there is a lyric that I really like in it. He says:
"Don't expect a free ride from no one
Don't hold a grudge or a chip and here's why:
Bitterness keeps you from flyin'
Always stay humble and kind"

I like this because it is so true!! There are going to be times in our marriage when our spouse isn't necessary our favorite person but we need to forgive quickly and forget. Bitterness and pride will keep us from having a happy and successful marriage. If we remember to always stay humble and kind then we will live a very happy life.