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A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day.
It is better to have severe hemorrhoids than to live with a husband who is a jerk. 2 Craig 4:2
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My lover is knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
I have taken off my robe- must I put it on again? I have washed my feet- must I soil them again?
THE ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT
•UNMET EXPECTATIONS.

•SELFISHNESS.

•PRIDE.

My lover thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him. I arose to open for my lover, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the lock. I opened for my lover, but my lover had left; he
“I DO” PROMISE
•TO ACT AND NOT REACT.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
•TO FOCUS ON THE GOOD AND NOT BAD.
…whatever is pure…lovely…admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.
•TO TALK AND NOT WALK.
Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
THEY ENDURED ANOTHER WINTER
AND GREW TO ENJOY SPRING

I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley…Before I realized it, my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people. Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back…