Marriage Monday: Comparison

Have you ever played the comparison game with your spouse? If not, it goes a little like this.

       I wish my wife were more like Jessica. She cooks delicious meals every night and her house is spotless all the time! OR I wish my husband were more like Jason. He's always buying his wife sweet gifts and loves taking care of the kids. 

This kind of thinking is detrimental to our marriages. It's not fair to you or your spouse. You are comparing the public view of someone you don't know intimately to the one that ONLY you know intimately. The other person will always win out and this will only breed discontent in our lives.

On this Marriage Monday, be intentional and stop comparing your spouse to someone else, and thank God for the gift He has given you! Our marriages are precious and we must protect this gift!