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My greatest fault

Devotional Content: 

Today’s “One Thing” question is for me: How have you been selfish in your marriage this past week? Ugh! I hate that question because it always nails me. Selfishness is my greatest fault. It freaks me out that I see the results of selfishness every day in the counseling room and still know it is my number one issue. I know all the right answers. I know by putting everything in God’s hands, I can walk away from selfishness. There are days, sometimes weeks, when I do that well. I’ll be rocking along really well, but then I seem to put my guard down and do a 180 that removes God from first place in my life and puts me in His place. 

I wish it only affected me—that would be easier for me to take. But it doesn’t just affect me. You see, when I move God out of first place, I move Nancy out of second place, and it affects my marriage big-time. Then it trickles down to other areas of my life. Have I been selfish in my marriage this past week? Yes. Am I giving up? No. With God’s help, I will remove my selfishness and put Him back in first and Nancy back in second. It is the only way it works!

Today’s One Thing: If you have been selfish in your marriage this week, what do you need to do today?