12/23/2023 0 Comments Like one hiding contraband crossword7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. If that is showing love, then the sky’s the limit where demands are concerned “I hate the color purple and you have to show me love by not wearing purple.” Where does the line get drawn and who gets to decide what is ridiculous or reasonable?Ĥ Love is patient and kind. Why is the onus on the victim to make peace? Why are victims counseled to be forbearing, and be the bigger person, and show love when this is really not about love. Why is the woman often counseled to avoid doing things that make the spouse upset, insecure, or angry over things he has NO RIGHT to be upset about. Did I try to reassure him that my ability to complete crossword puzzles did not mean that I was smarter than him (as this was his reason for getting angry)? Yes. But none of that is the point. Would foregoing a crossword puzzle for the sake of putting my husband first have been a big deal? No. Instead of dropping their jaws at behavior they cannot even fathom, as my friend did, they may be tempted to jump right to I Corinthians 13. So if I have moved past all of that, why bring it up? While completing this contraband crossword puzzle brought it to mind, my friend’s reaction made me think about how this may have been handled by Christian leaders. This was characteristic of my marriage and got worse over the years. It didn’t matter if I enjoyed it, or wanted to do it, it made him feel insecure, therefore I was not allowed to. The jealousy and control that pervaded the marriage. I do realize that this is not a huge deal, not being able to do crossword puzzles, but it is more about what it represents. When I mentioned the crossword puzzles to him, he shook his head as if to clear some mental fog and said, “Wait, WHAT?” incredulously. I have moved past my past, though on occasion I do discuss it with some select people. As an aside, I know I blog about this stuff, so it is open for the world to read, but it is not really something I talk about much. A big thing? Maybe not, but today I talked about it to a friend. (Yes, I know it’s not really complete but I am just going to pretend it is because really… who knows that kind of random trivia about tennis players from the 80/90’s?).Īnyway, besides going back to school, working crossword puzzles was another one of those things that I was not “allowed” to do. I had a little extra time this weekend, so I sat down with a cup of coffee and the Aaron Copeland station playing on Pandora and worked on it until one last (almost last) stubborn clue clicked for me. Life has been crazy for the last two years, however, and I stopped doing them. I had to hide crossword puzzles if I wanted to work on them. It is from my stash, the ones I hid because my ex-husband would get mad at me for completing them and would tear them up or throw them away. I just started the puzzle yesterday, over 4 years after its print date. The puzzle is from a newspaper that is dated February 27, 2014. ![]() So what is the significance of completing a crossword puzzle and why is it blog-worthy? For those of you who need to have all the boxes filled in, the answer is at the bottom of the page.) (* I actually know the answer now thanks to the little blurb at the bottom of the page that I noticed while doing the Sudoku puzzle. But that is most definitively cheating, so incomplete it will stay. There is one last clue I cannot figure out, so one little white box has been left empty.Ĭould I look it up? Sure.
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