Dogs don't have butt cheeks.

Sometimes as a man/husband/father/radical dude you are called on to wear multiple hats.  We have people to keep happy, safe, fed, clothed, satisfied, attracted, comfortable, and so on and so on. It can be overwhelming.  Add into that the fact that everyone isn't good at everything.

 If you are like me you are probably good at a few things and barely passable at the rest. This used to bother me a lot. These days it only bothers me kind of a lot.  I want to be good at everything all the time, but I'm not. There are some things I am bad at all the time but let's skip over that for now. 

lets think about some of the things that come up in marriage. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes, budgeting, shopping, washing and maintaining cars, fixing things around the house, disciplining children, drinking beer, picking up dog poop, changing diapers, breastfeeding. That's enough for now, but as you can see that is a lot of stuff. What's neat is that you don't have to be good at all of them. You can read Romans 12 and see how different members of a body have different functions, or 1 Corinthians 12 and see the different gifts/talents and how they work together.  You know what that says to me?

 Dogs don't have butt cheeks. what does that mean?  It means that you don't have all the skills.  You can't do it all by yourself. Unless you're single, in which case that sucks. Because you have to do it by yourself. Or get a room mate. Or live with your mom. 

The point is this, do what you are good at, let your wife do what she is good at, and whatever is left over, work together. Realize that no job is more important than another because everything adds up to the things listed above. If you are married then you have help. Talk about these things. Read the chapters listed above and talk about them. How do they apply to your marriage?  How can you use this to take some stress out of your life?  In what areas are you trying to see butt cheeks on a dog?  That means what areas are you trying to use talents that aren't there. Don't force it. For the things you both suck at, look it up nerd. Figure it out. Work at it. The best way to get better at something is to do it.  

Thats it for now.  Enjoy the cute puppy butt.