Faith Filled Family Magazine December 2016 | Page 65

Fighting
Fair

BY CATHERINE SPADA

G

od uses the broken. I
must humbly admit that
prior to beginning this
piece of writing my husband
and I had the most senseless
fight. We potentially broke every
practical law and respectable
etiquette for maintaining peace
and Christian virtue within the
home.

I am no expert on marriage and
hope in saying this to free myself of any illusion of being some
“Pinterest perfect” wife. It may
often be difficult for many Christians to admit their challenges
within marriage. Perhaps there
is this self-imposed pressure to
live as if everything is super and
wonderful, as if we are perpetually joyful, lest someone judge
and ask, “What is so different
about you Christians, then?”

Our pride can take a back seat
when we remember that we are
a people of the cross. “They will
know we are Christians by our
love” (John 13:35). This love is