Love is able to make peace with change. Although we often wish it were otherwise, nothing stays the same. People change in marriages, their likes and dislikes change, congregations change, people move out and move in, people are converted and people fall away, babies are born, and people die. God doesn t change and the truth doesn t change, but virtually everything else does. Stop demanding a different result for the same action or attitude.
People can be extremely stubborn and dense.
Then, the next time we re frustrated, we use the same response and we get the same result. Anyone who has appreciated their salvation in Jesus Christ should forever learn the lesson to stop keeping score. It is humiliating enough to remember the sins that we ourselves have committed without someone else keeping score. About the only reason that I can think why people are even tempted to keep score is because they are using this to justify some sort of sinful attitude or behavior on their part. If you and your mate are constantly fighting, then sit back and listen to the content of your arguments.