Topics:<\/b> Arguments; Attitudes; Confrontation; Emotions; Family; Fatherhood; Fighting; Guidance; Obedience; Parenting; Problems; Vows<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Genesis 2:24; Proverbs 22:6; Mark 10:9; Ephesians 5:22\u201333; Titus 2:4; Hebrews 13:4<\/p>\n
My husband, Mike, and I had been married only a few months when we had a major argument. In a fit of rage, I stormed onto our back porch and called my parents in Michigan, letting them know I\u2019d be on the first flight out of Philadelphia. I expected them to say, \u201cOf course! Come home!\u201d<\/p>\n
Instead, my father informed me that was not an option.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve never told me I couldn\u2019t come home! Why are you being so unfair?\u201d I shouted.<\/p>\n
\u201cJamie, your gut reaction has always been to bail when things get difficult,\u201d he said. \u201cYour marriage vows were for better or worse, until death do you part. I know you didn\u2019t think the \u2018for worse\u2019 part was going to come so soon, but it did, and you need to learn how to deal with it. You\u2019re not welcome in our home under these circumstances. You need to work things out with Mike.\u201d<\/p>\n
After I hung up, I reluctantly grabbed my Bible and opened it to Genesis 2:24: \u201cFor this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.\u201d As I meditated on this Scripture, I realized my impulse to run home when Mike and I fought is disobedient to God. Sticking with my husband isn\u2019t something I do only when I feel like it\u2014it\u2019s God\u2019s will for my marriage.<\/p>\n
I broke down in tears\u2014this time in joy for a father who knew what was best for me and pointed me to God. I went inside, truly broken at the way I\u2019d treated Mike. After a brief, internal tug-of-war, I sat down humbly and explained the phone conversation I\u2019d just had.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry I turned to my parents instead of you,\u201d I said. \u201cFrom now on I promise I won\u2019t try to run home when things between us get tough.\u201d<\/p>\n
I still miss my parents. Living with them made me feel safe, and some days it\u2019s difficult knowing I\u2019ll never have that security again. But I\u2019m learning that\u2019s not necessarily bad. Because, in leaving my parents, I experience the joy that comes from cleaving only to my husband. And in doing that, I am pleasing God.<\/p>\n
\u2014Jamie Bartlett, \u201cWhy Can\u2019t I Come Home?\u201d Marriage Partnership<\/i> (Summer 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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