Spice Up Your Marriage
When there is marital conflict at home, whose responsibility is it to resolve the matter by being the first to apologize? Should it be the offending party? After all, shouldn’t the one who caused the rift be the likely candidate to clear it up? Or should the onus of responsibility be upon the husband? As head of the home, won’t he certainly answer to God for how he is leading his household? Perhaps the wife should be the one to initiate reconciliation. If she is truly submissive, then wouldn’t she want peace restored at home?
As husbands and wives, we are exhorted to "seek peace and pursue it" (1 Peter 3:11). What does that look like at home? A peace-seeking person is someone who is willing to set aside their pride and take positive steps to restore peace to their relationship. You do this without making the other person feel guilty or trying to make yourself look good.
Proverbs 12:20 tells us that, "Counselors of peace have joy." When you are proactive to planning restoration at home and in your marriage, the results will be joy. Joy because you have implemented the Lord's will. Joy because you will have softened toward your mate. And joy because your spouse will be more endeared to your humble spirit and willingness to lay down your own agenda for the sake of the relationship.
"Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another" (Romans 14:19).
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