You may already be doing this…☺
Here’s something the Lord has really been helping me with over the years. Before I answer my wife (this is good for both husbands and wives), I take a minute to listen to the Holy Spirit so I can be sensitive to how He wants me to respond to Ann. It really helps to take this extra few seconds, minutes or hours to get the Holy Spirit’s perspective. It has a tendency to defuse times that could become tense, and it gives me wisdom from ABOVE. Over time, as God changes us in these important ways, our lives become much more wise, secure, calm, peaceful, enjoyable and blessed.
As always, ask the Holy Spirit (The Comforter) to remind you to do this. He’ll be faithful to help you.
And, taking this step to get the Holy Spirit’s insights can be valuable in all our other relationships as well.
But the wisdom that is from ABOVE is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James 3:17
God bless,
Mark