by Martha Bolton (Revell, 2000)
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Of Timely Concern "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another." Romans 12:10 Although there have been studies telling us what percentage of our lives is spent sleeping, eating, watching television, going to church, going to school, driving, and talking on the telephone, I've often wondered if anyone has ever determined how much of our life is spent waiting for our spouse to get ready. Women usually get blamed for being the slow dresser, but sometimes it's the man who makes the family late. Regardless, before a couple exchange those vows, a fast dresser should know what he or she is getting into by being "unequally yoked" with a slow dresser. By marrying outside your dressing speed, you're doomed to get most of your daily exercise pacing, looking at your watch, and saying profound things like, "Let's go!" If you don't mind a life like this, then by all means, go ahead and say, "I do." If, however, you want to see more of that play than the curtain call or hear more of the sermon than, "and now in closing," you'll do well to have a healthy discussion about the problem before the wedding. By the same token, irrational, compulsive clock watchers can be just as irritating as the slow dresser. People who threaten to jump off the ledge of Big Ben if they're one minute late probably have other underlying compulsive behaviors you might want to steer away from, too. The answer, of course, is a happy medium. It's important to do our best to be on time. If, however, due to some unforeseen circumstances, we're still going to be late, it's not worth having the fight of our lives over it. How we treat our spouse in all situations is far more important than punctuality. We should be more concerned with the impression we make on the person we live with than the impression we make on others. |
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