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Losing your temper causes a lot of trouble, but staying calm settles arguments. Proverbs 15:18 CEV

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Thoughts for Today
Open, honest, loving communication is vital to a healthy marriage and to growing through conflict. A married couple's inability to reach a resolution to an angry disagreement can usually be traced to poor communication. Tempers flaring and hateful words spouted can quickly block any productive communication..
Consider this ...
What is your first reaction when you become angry with your spouse?
Storm out of the room and slam the door?
Stop speaking? And then when your spouse asks what is wrong, do you respond with a woeful "Oh ... nothing (sigh)" or a sarcastic "Well, if you don't know, I'm sure not going to explain it to you.
Or maybe you just blurt out the first hurtful words that come to mind. Perhaps you even resort to name-calling.
All of these reactions block communication and delay the possibility of resolving the conflict.
Ask God to help you develop the biblical trait of staying calm and being slow to anger. To be more sensitive to your mate's needs and less demanding about your own desires. To learn to share your feelings in love. And to learn to listen, really listen.

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