Teammates

A husband, wife unit is a team.  We hear all the time, couples referring to themselves as team so and so but you have to ask, am I really a team player?  Do I celebrate when my spouse does well or do I find something to criticize?  Do I feel like my spouse hurting me through their accomplishments?  Do I feel intimidated by my spouse's accomplishments?  These questions are designed to make you pause and think.  It doesn't matter who scores the game winning touchdown, as long as the team wins.  Please believe that you will have enough opposition outside of your home.  There is no need to have opposition within the home too.  You and your spouse are on the same team, playing in the same game and aiming for the same goal.  Act like it.  Your spouse is not on the opposing team so you should be rooting for them to win, all the time.  If you fee like your spouse is outdoing you, they are not the problem, you are.  James 3:16 "For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice."  Don't let the bitter root of jealousy creep into your household.  Instead, remember this, when one wins, you both win.

MEDITATION: 1 Corinthians 13:4