It's hard to affirm the title but the Bible tells us this:
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds...James 1:2.
So arguments with my wife can cause joy. I'm not saying we should be yelling at each other. But when God ordains differences of perspectives, the Holy Spirit wants us to be joyful because He wants to make us more like Jesus Christ.
So my wife and are working through several core categories of life: intimacy, vocation, parenting and how to honor God in the day to day. We both have strong thoughts and many weaknesses. So when we disagree we need to rejoice instead of give into the flesh and grumble and criticize. We need to see that this disagreement is meant to help us in our pursuit of joy.
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