week 9

Charity within a marriage is huge. In Goddard’s book "Drawing Heaven into your Marriage." He talks about how the lack of charity is of the natural man. He also shares something interesting that if you surprise a man and see his reaction that is usually the type of man that he is. I found that really interesting. I tried to think of myself and how I would react; my first initial response to this would be disappointment.  I'm not exactly sure why it would be disappointment. I think that it would be because I feel like I have high expectations of people and when they surprise me by letting me down. My first thought is disappointment. However for many people it can be anger or retaliation through words or anything else. The way that we can overcome that is by looking for charity. Charity should be the easiest to churn up in our lives especially for our spouses. However, at times charity can be one of the hardest things to show towards a spouse. Why is this? I have thought about this. My first thought is that we have high expectations for each other. When one of us screws up or does something the other doesn't like. It’s like letting each other down, and that can be when a lack of charity happens in a lot of marriages. One way to overcome this is to always look for the positive look for the good in each other all the time. Help each other out. Support each other in the dreams that you each have. Do your best to find charity in your relationship and life in general.