Flood, Passover, Control

Yesterday
Relaxing. That is mostly what I did yesterday. I didn't go out, except to buy pizza for dinner. I read an online book: http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/index.html is the online book titled In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood, 8th Edition (2008), by Dr. Walt Brown.

I thought I had finished reading the above mentioned book about the flood. I say "thought" because it is online, I didn't read it front to back, and because it is quite complex. Okay... I read the things I wanted to read. I just did a scan of the first parts of the book and I haven't read those pages. I'll be going back to see what I missed.

The Daily Bible - Exodus 12-13
The Passover is explained and initiated. This one thing stands out this time... The family must eat the Passover in one house, do not take any part of it outside. All must be circumcised. Those that want to eat, foreigners or not, must be circumcised and then they must share the meal. This is a very communal meal.

Boundaries in Marriage - Setting Boundaries with Yourself
Control Comes in Different Flavors - Guilt, Anger, Persistent Assaults on the Spouse's Boundary, and Withholding Love
All of these are just ways to manipulate a spouse into doing what is desired by the other spouse. None of these are acceptable, so what is? How can spouses come to terms about important issues without overstepping boundaries?

Submitting to Boundaries on Our Control - Realize the Cost of Other-Control, Ask Your Spouse to Let You Know How Your Control Affects Him, Experience Your Own Helplessness to Change Your Spouse, Learn to Grieve, Work Through Dependency Issues, Be a Separate Person with Your Spouse, Value Your Spouse's Freedom As You Want Your Freedom Valued, Set Boundaries with Your Spouse Instead of Controlling Him
All of these are necessary to truly become a loving and freedom granting spouse. Controlling your spouse is not an option, controlling yourself is. Realizing needs and helping find appropriate ways of resolving/fulfilling those needs is a major maturity booster. Some needs are inappropriate or misplaced, they need to be redefined, while other needs are appropriate and need an appropriate fulfillment. Sometimes these fulfillment of needs come from the spouse and sometimes they come from others.

Prayer
Father God, Lord of heaven and earth, Master of everything, Friend to the friendless, and Parent to all... thank you for loving us. Thank you for giving us so many abilities to learn, grow, and change. Help us to trust and love you more. Help us to experience your forgiveness and bless others with your love, grace and mercy. Find in us your Spirit and bring us to increasing awareness of your abundance for us so that we can honor you in all that we are.