Welcome to Teach Back Tuesday at Keep the Heart. These episodes are from season one, and if you heard

them before, it was far enough ago where you probably don't remember it, but if you're new to

keep the heart, this is a new episode for you. This episode on contentious relationships had thousands

of downloads. There must be a reason for that. Let's listen. I was in an airport

waiting for a flight that had been delayed. There was a couple nearby, and they were having a

private argument in public. You know the ones where what they're saying is private, but the volume of

their voices makes it public? The woman seemed

oblivious to the people around her when she said these words. Why don't you man up?

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker.

Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion.

Now, back to today's important study.

It was an awkward scene and most of us were trying not to look, but it was hard not to hear.

The man mumbled something under his breath, and they continued using words like weapons until we boarded. This couple had two children with them, and these children looked

painfully uncomfortable. You know what else I saw? I witnessed a lesson about the damage of being

contentious. Something happened before we saw the tense exchange between that couple. They didn't

just start arguing at that moment. Something tripped

a switch and the fight was on. Are you like that? Are there certain things that just set you off?

And do you get so out of control that you don't even care who hears you or who's watching?

Maybe you get snappy and edgy and salty when people mess up the house. A small

matter but a big deal to you. People just don't see the value of a tidy home you might be

thinking to yourself and that drives you a special kind of crazy. Or maybe you change into

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