Excerpt from 'Still The One'
by Martha Bolton (Revell, 2001)

 

A Marriage Summit

"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Ephesians 4:32

There has been a lot of talk in recent years about disarmament plans. Countries that have stockpiled weapons of mass destruction are coming together and discussing the dangers of these nuclear weapons and agreeing to dismantle a number of them. Hopefully, one of these days, all of them will be a thing of the past. We shudder to think of some nuclear plant employee setting his can of diet soda on top of the firing switch and accidentally sending one of these weapons toward its programmed target. With my luck, that target will be my car and, frankly, I hate being tailgated. Disarmament plans are a good thing. They make sure that weapons that could cause irreparable damage to both sides are dismantled. By each side canceling their threat to the other, they make the world a safer place for all. Maybe it'd be a good idea to have disarmament plans in marriage. Couples could call a summit and list their "weapons of mass destruction"--those missiles and smart bombs that they've been saving up to release at just the right provocation:

--that rainy night she forgot to pick him up from work.
 --that time he invited his boss home for dinner when the house looked like a smart bomb had already been there.
--that time when he backed the car out of the garage and ran over her flowers, making potpourri the hard way.
--that time she used his new golf club as a hammer.

Missiles. All set to go off at a precise moment and strike their target at their most vulnerable time. That's why we need disarmament plans. Why not start today by taking one weapon, one saved accusation, one stock-piled complaint at a time, and dismantling it. Getting rid of those old missiles and bombs will go a long way toward ensuring a lasting peace in any marriage.

 

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