Like any relationship, my wife and I argue;  sometimes it gets really intense. Nothing like the crazy screaming matches we used to have, but still enough to be called a “fight”.

The other day we had a disagreement on the phone, I got sarcastic, she got hurt and then she hung up on me. This sent me through the roof. I tried calling back but she wouldn’t pick up the phone. Honestly, I wouldn’t have picked up the phone either if the roles were reversed.

I am not sharing my “dirt” with you without purpose, I promise.

At this point in a disagreement I start to brood, take my hurt and pull back into my shell. However this time, was different. See, over the past week or so it has been different. I don’t know how else to explain it other than Sarah has TOTALLY been into me! I mean I catch her looking at me, she goes out of her way to hold my hand….she is TOTALLY INTO ME!

We live married life just like any couple with two kids, a mortgage, jobs, ministry, etc. Life gets in the way! This experience shouldn’t be strange but with the busyness we live in, it too often stops being the norm and becomes the EXTRAordinary. So over these last couple of weeks Sarah has been pouring affection, love, attention;  basically, herself into me. It has been filling a dry place in my soul and it has been amazing.

I’m sitting there just hung up on, the brood meter beginning to rise and the frustration beginning to spin into a full blown tornado and it all began to break down. The frustration, anger, my pride, began to fall into pieces. A single thought climbed into my brain, “you don’t want to ruin the great thing you have going at home”. That single though was built with what Sarah had been pouring into my soul over the past few weeks. That thought was created out of a soul that had been invested in, loved and cared for.

Her kindness killed the Beast that was brewing inside of me.

How are you “pouring” love into the “dry souls” of the people you love?