Good morning…
“One of you is a neat freak, and the other doesn’t worry much about a few socks on the floor here and there,” explains the article emailed to me by a friend. “One of you is a saver; one is a spender. One is always on time; the other is much more relaxed about the clock. One of you loves noise and energy and parties, and the other loves quiet time at home. One of you is creative and passionate, which is nice, but also prone to leave a trail of debris behind, which drives the other crazy. Just as Felix and Oscar argued and battled all the time in “The Odd Couple,” people are vulnerable to Satan’s plotting to drive the tip of a crowbar into their differences and use them as a fulcrum to pry them apart. God made us different not to drive each other crazy but to enrich our lives and give us a bigger and wider and more interesting perspective on life. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us, (Romans 12:6).”
God wires us delightfully different and whether we are spouses or roommates, friends or coworkers, we are tempted by God’s enemy to argue and to blame, to bemoan differences and to try to force change in the other person. How boring life would be if we all had identical views and the very same priorities. A quick tongue complains about what we do not like about another person, while the trait we hate often steps on the invisible nerve of one of our own hidden weaknesses. It takes a deeper look, through God’s eyes of grace, to celebrate the unique treasure we have in each of our relationships. Funny . . . the more grace colors our own attitude and actions, the more grace colors other people’s view of us (and our own undeniable quirks.)
Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it, Romans 2:9 (MSG),
Sue
