Like most little girls, our two girls are especially head over heels in love with Frozen, one more than the other. So it’s no surprise that one of my daugther’s Christmas gifts was a Frozen radio/MP3 player combo. As if she wasn’t already doing it, they can now belt out the songs of her choosing. If it’s one thing I’m reminded of constantly (even more now that I have to listen to it several dozen times a day), it’s to simply “let it go“.
So it made me ask myself: What are some things that I needed to let go of in marriage?
We can’t always control what happens, but we can always choose to control our reactions to what happens. When things don’t go our way, or when we have a really screwed up day, it’s easy for that cloud to hang over our heads. Or worse, to take our external frustrations out on our spouse. But it’s up to us to choose not to allow our own thoughts to “ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday”. The more you keep repeating to yourself to let it go, the easier it becomes.
So when it comes to marriage, here are 5 things you need to let go of in marriage today:
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Excellent points. Number three convicted me for sure. After a big blow up, we both get pretty stubborn and can go a while without speaking. I’m always thinking about how I’m always the one who has to take blame which makes me put off reconciling the situation. But I’m reminded of some smart advice I got from one of the lifers in my church. He said never stop communicating.
One more thing I’d add to the list is always needing to be right or justified. I feel like justification blocks forgiveness and humility. You may have every right to be all in your feelings, but a little humility goes a long way in my book. I’ll take a woman with humility over a nice body anyday.
JE, that’s such a great point you added about humility and I completely agree. I love what you said: Justification blocks forgiveness and humily, very true! Thanks so much for sharing!