What is marriage?

I broke the kitchen sink this weekend...
It all started when a spoon slipped past my wet fingers into the drain. Water spewed to all corners of the kitchen. The "badger" under our sink (garbage disposal) now has a hole in it. The pipe below is clogged. Nasty food chunks float amongst a film of glazed oily water. It is really gross, and my fault.

I had to tell Mike. I felt like a dog with my tail between my legs. Yet again, something that I screwed up. How come I am the one who is always wrong in our relationship? The whole dynamic of the husband being wrong and the wife being right is not true for us. Often times I steer people the wrong way with directions, I make careless errors, I bump into corners and walls that have been established since forever, I lose items, and I could go on and on. Mike seems to pretty much have his act together. And yes, I will be the first to admit that he is "cleaner" than myself.


Anyway, I told him about the sink. Well, actually the loud metal scraping of the spoon told him. He was frustrated at the situation but not at me. He still loved me even with my bone-headedness! Not only did he love me... but he helped me clean it up, and then called our plumber to come fix it. He even took a moment to kiss my forehead. This would have been the perfect moment to hammer me hard, tell me I am lazy and should pay attention to what I am doing, shove me with words til I cry...but Mike chose to love.


Reminds me of Jesus. Jesus made the choice to come to us in trouble, to kiss our forehead, to clean up our mess, and to call the plumber. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice and even though we are lazy and screw ups He still chooses to love us.


Marriage is just one area of our life that we can aim to be more like Jesus in...

Below is a poem from one of my favorite blogs:

What is marriage?

It's vacuuming carpets and hammering nails.

It's saving a dollar by shopping at sales.

It's balancing checkbooks and paying off bills.

It's cleaning the windows and mopping up spills.

It's doing the laundry and matching up socks.

It's a washer that dies when the car needs new shocks.

It's two busy schedules, but one happy life, with each moment you share as husband and wife!