We are a frugal family, my hubby is great with numbers and money and this has been reflected on me and the management of our home. So I was taking my hubby's drawers to grandma to have them mended. Well, one day the inevitable happened, there was no mend left in those drawers (yes I am a Southern Belle), her words were "They are so threadbare I am gonna have to spin cotton and make new thread to fix these holes".
Our marriages can get that way if not properly cared for. Life tears holes, beats us down until there isn't much left at all. We too can beat each other down and tear holes until there isn't much left at all. And often times we turn on each other and do fatal damage to the one thing we should cherish the most, our marriage. Before we get to the point where we are damaging our marriage we should stop, and get creative and re-establish why we are together, what we love about each other, spin new cotton for ourselves and our spouse. Remembering the sweet times in our relationship can mend those holes and can help us reconnect with each other. We don't want to just throw out the useful fabric when work needs to be done, we want to find the beauty in what we have built with our spouses, and make things stronger. Marriage is a continual work in progress.
l Peter 4:8 - And above all things have fervent charity (love) among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Spoken like a true southern woman! Miss the days when "thread bare" and "hard work" were just the way things were. Makes you wonder what has happened to the "new" generation.
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