Hour of Being Right

 

Last evening, my wife and I had a … well uh … well a disagreement.  But I have found that the best thing about a disagreement is kissing and making up.  ;<)  So, the first thing this morning, I told Kathy that I was going to get along with her all day.  A tall order for me.  A little later, the scheduler called me about my heart catheterization for tomorrow.  My dear wife was a little melancholy, so I cleverly asked, “Will you let me be right for an hour before my procedure?”  She thought for a moment and said that she would.  Then I pushed my luck and said, “I think that I’ll save my ‘hour of being right’ for a later time.”  But I had pushed her too far.  She said, “You know that it has an expiration date.”  Hmmmm.  Now, I’m not sure what to do.  Should I use the “hour of being right” or take a chance of it expiring.  It’s a difficult decision for me because only my wife knows when it expires.  What would you do?  Paul said in Ephesians 5:21, “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”  I have found that an argument ends when one party just won’t argue back.  So, if one of us gives in to the other, there is no argument.  But now back to my “hour of being right” …