Pastor Manley Miller

Marriage is for adults, therefore when we act like children it is impossible to make a marriage work. When people act immature around us or if our children start whining we just tell them to “Quit being a Tuht (rhymes with foot).” This is when our kids throw temper tantrums or complain their brother hit them or begin to threaten to take their ball and go home. Now this kind of behavior is aggravating in children, but it is completely destructive when it is enacted by adults.

This kind of kiddie behavior is a tactic many married folks use as a mechanism to avoid resolving conflicts and to extend them to unreasonable lengths.

Many conflicts can be overcome by simply taking time to check our attitudes. There is no room in a marriage for idle threats and mule-like stubbornness. Marriage is hard enough on its own - it doesn’t need to be complicated with whining and griping.

Build a bridge and get over it. Stop making mountains out of molehills. Say sorry. Forgive petty offenses and get back to the loving. We don’t have time for anything less.

“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness” - Isaiah 46:12