Be a good egg!
The other day my wife Joy was in the kitchen preparing a cake for our daughter Annika’s birthday. She had gathered all the ingredients, placed them strategically around the counter, and was meticulously measuring and mixing them in a bowl when I heard a small scream! I could tell immediately that something was very, very wrong. Joy had cracked an egg into the bowl and it was a bad egg. Yuck! It was a crucial mistake and was she frustrated.
Eggs in cake batter bind the other ingredients together so they blend harmoniously. While you can substitute for them, if you don’t put them in the texture will be off and kind of crumbly. Unfortunately I know a few couples with marriages that have an off texture and are kind of crumbly. The missing ingredient for harmony in their marriages isn’t eggs, but grace.
Grace is defined as mercy; clemency; or pardon.
- Grace in action accepts differences as just being differences without assigning judgements to them;
– Grace is compassionate and forgiving; and
– Grace is to release your spouse from liability for an offense.
Knowing that Joy was already upset commenting on her mistake would only have made the situation worse. Instead I dashed off to the store and got fresh eggs and a new box of cake mix. I was a good egg for my marriage.
Ephesians 4:32 (NIV) says “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Use grace in your marriage to help you and your spouse blend harmoniously, be a good egg!
