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Always your turn (Galatians 6:7)

Scripture of the Day: Galatians 6:7

A man reaps what he sows.

Could it get much simpler than that? I am not sure that is the best verse for what I am trying to get at, but it was the sermon topic at church on Sunday, so I am going with that! In line with that topic, our guest pastor said something that convicted me to the core! He was talking about marriage relationships and said something profound; "Don't keep track of turns. It doesn't matter if it's your turn or her turn...it's always your turn."

Woah! It's always your turn. Can you imagine the difference it would make in your marriage if that is the attitude you WILLINGLY adopted?! For me, my area of irritation is taking out the garbage. Silly I know, but some part of my head feel like it is a "mans job" to take it out. So I let the bag overflow before scooping it up, taking it outside and putting in a new bag. And then when I actually do it, I am pretty sure I literally "huff." I never want it to be my turn... But since Sunday my head has been saying to me, "Betsy - it is always your turn to take out the garbage." There is absolutely no reason why it should not be my responsibility to take out the garbage!

Let's travel down this thought pattern. If it is always your turn, you actually sow "turns." You willingly do things around the house. You opt to always offer to give the kids a bath, even if it not your turn in the rotation. You put the dishes away after a meal. You sow kindness and humility and a servant's heart. I think when you do this, people will turn around and do nice things for you!

Going back to my silly, yet true, garbage example. I know in my heart of hearts that if I start taking out the trash (before it overflows), without complaining, my husband will sometimes empty it just to be nice. He will take a "turn"! What is great about that is I won't expect it, but will instead be pleasantly surprised!

This "it's always my turn" concept, is something I am going to attempt. I think it will do good things for my marriage because instead of my husband falling short in my mind when he doesn't do something I THINK he should do I will be really happy when he does something nice out of the blue.

The next time you are frustrated with a person for NOT doing something...say in your head, "It's always my turn." Decide that is not a bad thing, put a smile on your face, and do the task. I think we will all benefit! Try it with me? I would love to hear from you how it goes!




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