Pride Moment

I had a big pride moment the other day, where I was feeling wise beyond my years.

I love when people call me that, or tell me I act older than I am. I've always wanted to be a grown-up, to run with the adults.

So anyway, pride. And also a little spiritual, like I was using a little  prophecy.

Side note. I used to tell people, "I think God gave me the gift of prophecy, but some of the glitter fell out of the box on its way to earth." I thought it was genius and people thought it was funny. But I was attending a sermon (wonder of wonders) when these words were thrown like arrows to my heart:

"When God gives gifts, he is giving them to you to serve him and he doesn't kind of sort of give you gifts, he doesn't give you half gifts - he gives you GIFTS. And he wants you to use them for the benefit of the church body."

Wow.

Maybe no glitter didn't fall out of the box, and I should stop joking about it. (But be aware of my opinions and guesses versus what God actually says).

So the other day, I became certain as I listened to an acquaintance proudly detail her relationship with her boyfriend and his family: this relationship is destined to fail this is why:
1)She couldn't stop talking trash about him.
2)She made it evident that the two of them do not make important decisions together.
3)She boasts about how much she has changed him into a better man.

I think that's enough. I just saw it. If I can't respect my husband behind his back, he deserves better. If we don't make decisions as a couple, then becoming one through marriage means nothing. And I believe a relationship is baseless if my husband did not come to love the very person he first met, not the person he molded, or think they molded to his own desires.