It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house with a quarrelsome wife. [Proverbs 21:9 (ESV)]

Something tells me, Lord, that if one of Solomon’s wives had edited his proverbs, she would have included something about a quarrelsome husband as well! Guide us all so that we are even-tempered and good-natured, not just to our spouses, but to everyone we encounter this day. It’s so easy to let trivial irritations become significant; keep us from being argumentative, complaining or grouchy.