Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Never Spiteful

Never spiteful, she treats him generously 
   all her life long.


Spite:–noun
1.
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate,or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
2.
a particular instance of such an attitude or action; grudge.
3.
Obsolete something that causes vexation; annoyance.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to treat with spite or malice.
5.
to annoy or thwart, out of spite.
6.
to fill with spite; vex; offend.

It's interesting that the writer first focus' on the woman never being spiteful. This is at the heart of a relationship between a man and a woman. If a woman is spiteful towards her husband then she is not respecting him. If she is not respecting him he does not feel loved. Wow, already I can tell this is going to be a great journey. 

Haha, I didn't realize I would be starting out with the hardest one out of this whole list. 
I mean I don't consciously think to myself that I'm going to be spiteful, but I have moments when I'm not very pleasant and I am spiteful. I do desire harm when i fight with my husband, I do hold a grudge sometimes and I certainly do struggle with bitterness. 

Man, this is some really heavy stuff. Ok I'll contemplate this for now and I will write more later with some verses I can find about how to adjust my attitude. 

Also can you please pray.... I feel things have been weird the last week with my husband and I, I don't know why. Please pray that God would work it out. 

Thank you! 

1 comment:

  1. "weird" is often an attack... i have been there... and i struggle with this one, too... lifting you up on your journey!!

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