“INTERNAL CORROSION”

 

Let me share a lesson in plumbing I learned some years ago.  I had problems with my kitchen faucet.  The flow of water in this faucet had began to lose its pressure.  It became less and less operational.  This was my initial plumbing diagnosis.  I was wrong.  When I finally called the plumber, he showed me the problem.  The faucet pipes had a thick build up on the inside.  Over the years rust had build up and had slowly begun to impair the flow of water until only a small opening was left “Internal Corrosion.”

This is also how many marital relationships diminish.  Gradually yet faithfully, the little things that were once important lose their priority.  We stop doing the small things like being polite.  Compliments become fewer and we began to take one another for granted.  We become more critical and less appreciative.  Before long, the flow of love has dwindled down to a trickle “Internal Corrosion.”

How do you get the love flowing again?  Simply remove the blockage and the love will flow again.  Unforgiveness, selfishness, and/or vengeance blocks the flow.

The Hebrew writer says; “…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles…”  (Hebrews 12:1)

Do these things and the love in your relationship will be replenished!  The love will flow again.