Treatment Retrieval
Theme of the Week: How to Spell Love with Your Wife
Gary Smalley
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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Key Bible Verse: Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly (Colossians 3:19). Bonus Reading: Colossians 3:12-14
One of our sons gave Norma a gift certificate for her birthday. It entitled her to an all-day beauty treatment at an expensive resort near our home. Norma filed it away for safekeeping and forgot about it. More than a year later she discovered it while sorting through some folders.
"Look what I found," she said, showing me the gold-embossed certificate.
I scanned it. "It's expired." I pointed out a date in small print near the bottom.
Norma frowned. "I hate to think I wasted such a thoughtful gift."
"Well, just call and ask if they'll extend the deadline," I suggested, knowing she'd probably balk. Norma dislikes talking to strangers, especially if a dispute is involved.
"Would you mind checking for me to see if they'll still accept this?" I sighed, but promised I'd give them a call.
The young woman at the spa, though polite, was reluctant to accept an expired certificate. But using my powers of persuasion, I eventually coaxed her into agreeing.
I proudly handed Norma the certificate with a flourish. "It took a little negotiating, but I convinced them to accept this. Your spa treatment awaits." [continued 2/16]
—Gary Smalley in Marriage Partnership
My Response: A strength of mine that can counterbalance a weak spot for my wife is …
Thought to Apply: Romance is more about the little ways of making daily life with your lover a bit more special than about extravagant gestures.—GREGORY GODEK
Adapted from Marriage Partnership (Winter/05) by permission.
Copyright © 2007 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine. Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
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