If you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you have differences, you can find common ground on a way forward.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

Tree at my window, window tree,My sash is lowered when night comes on;But let there never be curtain drawnBetween you and me.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

if you do something against me, I have the right to forgive you. However, if you do something against me and somebody else comes along and says, 'I forgive you,' what kind of cheek is that? The only person who can say that sort of thing meaningfully is God himself, because sin, even if it is against other people, is first and foremost a defiance of God and his laws.

Philip Yancey was dead-on when he said that some Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.79

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

She thought of herself, "I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!

We've learned that sometimes a lack of conflict in a marriage means you are not fighting for it. There are times you must battle to become one.

We do not walk away from others to punish them; we turn away so the embers of anger can cool and reason can again rule our hearts.