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I can't imagine why I would be angry at your line of questioning.
Just so you know I always assume the best from my Christian brothers and sisters.
And just answer your question, yes those would be stereotypically women's issues, but the OP is a woman. If it were a man I might use words like controlling dismissive indifferent condescending insensitive and harsh because they are stereotypical of men.
But let's not forget my purpose in responding to the post. Something that I would do concerning anyone that I sought to advise in relationship situations, and that is self-examination. This is why I say self-examination is key, because a person cannot change the way that somebody else acts. All we can do is examine ourselves and determine how we contribute to the problem. If we can understand how we contribute or exacerbate a problem and we can correct ourselves, it is very possible that it might elicit some change in the other person.
I've been married for 23 years and I am happily married and my wife is very happy to be with me, but I cannot say that it has always been this way. We went through some very tough stuff and there were things that she needed to change and there were things that I needed to change, but I could not change the things that she needed to change I could only change the things that I needed to change. When I began to change the things that needed to be changed in my life my reactions my way of handling things then she began to change as well because toxic behavior is cyclical and you can only break the cycle by breaking it from your side. she didn't begin to change because she saw something miraculous and me. She began to change because on my end I did not do the abrasive things that perpetuated the cycle. Thus she felt no need to to become defensive and retaliatory. Just like that the cycle was broken. Because by the power of the Holy Spirit I chose to self correct. Now do I do it perfectly? No. Does she do it perfectly? No. but we have broken the cycle to the point that our arguments do not spiral into chaos as they did.
Just so you know I always assume the best from my Christian brothers and sisters.
And just answer your question, yes those would be stereotypically women's issues, but the OP is a woman. If it were a man I might use words like controlling dismissive indifferent condescending insensitive and harsh because they are stereotypical of men.
But let's not forget my purpose in responding to the post. Something that I would do concerning anyone that I sought to advise in relationship situations, and that is self-examination. This is why I say self-examination is key, because a person cannot change the way that somebody else acts. All we can do is examine ourselves and determine how we contribute to the problem. If we can understand how we contribute or exacerbate a problem and we can correct ourselves, it is very possible that it might elicit some change in the other person.
I've been married for 23 years and I am happily married and my wife is very happy to be with me, but I cannot say that it has always been this way. We went through some very tough stuff and there were things that she needed to change and there were things that I needed to change, but I could not change the things that she needed to change I could only change the things that I needed to change. When I began to change the things that needed to be changed in my life my reactions my way of handling things then she began to change as well because toxic behavior is cyclical and you can only break the cycle by breaking it from your side. she didn't begin to change because she saw something miraculous and me. She began to change because on my end I did not do the abrasive things that perpetuated the cycle. Thus she felt no need to to become defensive and retaliatory. Just like that the cycle was broken. Because by the power of the Holy Spirit I chose to self correct. Now do I do it perfectly? No. Does she do it perfectly? No. but we have broken the cycle to the point that our arguments do not spiral into chaos as they did.
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You are spreading a false doctrine. To every question you post this nonsense that apparently came from Swaggart. Like I've said before, if this is what Jimmy is now preaching he's gone a lot further from the truth than I realized. It's not the gospel according to Jimmy. This message of the cross is not found in the Word.
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Ya, I agree. I was in high school when Swaggart fell. My family had liked him, even went to see him when he was in Canada once. Once that happened and his attitude, they stopped watching him. I remember a history teacher I had that made jokes about it all the time. Had he repented, taken the discipline I think he would have been reinstated. But he felt he was too big to fail I guess. smh
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Hi,
I appreciate that you still want to stay married.
My sister gave me two round rocks lying on top of a moss in a small box as an wedding gift.
In her speech at the wedding evening, she gave me a hope that our marriage would look like the two stones. She said that these stones were in beginning very sharp and they have been polished round for years.
She had place the moss under the stones for me to remember that life hurts and we sometimes need softness to leak our wounds.
I hope you too have the strength to follow this path of your choice which God has blessed.
I appreciate that you still want to stay married.
My sister gave me two round rocks lying on top of a moss in a small box as an wedding gift.
In her speech at the wedding evening, she gave me a hope that our marriage would look like the two stones. She said that these stones were in beginning very sharp and they have been polished round for years.
She had place the moss under the stones for me to remember that life hurts and we sometimes need softness to leak our wounds.
I hope you too have the strength to follow this path of your choice which God has blessed.
We have had similar traits in our marriage at times, we have just decided to do something about it together.
Now we have been married for 23 years, time has included both ups and downs.
In marriage, both parties must work to make the relationship work and at least one must be flexible. In most cases, a little work is needed for every marriage.
At the beginning of the marriage both are in love and we people feel we are similar to each other, like the stones we by the time start to hit to each other and by time hopefully we start to be little round so we no more hurt each other so much.
We should work on each other gradually like two stones rubbing each other for thousands of years.
If we start demanding changes that are too fast for each other, then we may not be able to meet each other's demands.
Marriage between two people needs cooperation to succeed in exactly the same way as we do with God.
God bless You
Now we have been married for 23 years, time has included both ups and downs.
In marriage, both parties must work to make the relationship work and at least one must be flexible. In most cases, a little work is needed for every marriage.
At the beginning of the marriage both are in love and we people feel we are similar to each other, like the stones we by the time start to hit to each other and by time hopefully we start to be little round so we no more hurt each other so much.
We should work on each other gradually like two stones rubbing each other for thousands of years.
If we start demanding changes that are too fast for each other, then we may not be able to meet each other's demands.
Marriage between two people needs cooperation to succeed in exactly the same way as we do with God.
God bless You