It was just a comma.
The Bible says in Songs of Solomon 2:15 "Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom."
What tiny things in your marriage are altering the big picture?
A comma, a small, often overlooked mark on a page.
Yet, in the case of one man’s will, its absence changed everything.
The will stated:
“Share all that I have equally with A, B & C.”
But A’s lawyer noticed there was no comma between B and C.
He argued that “A” was a distinct entity, while “B & C” formed another group.
The court agreed.
A walked away with 50% of the inheritance.
The cost?
Deep trust.
Family bonds.
A shared legacy.
All because of a missing comma.
If something that small can distort intent and redirect inheritance...what about the little things we miss in marriage?
It’s not always the “big sins” that break marriages.
Sometimes it’s the:
- Unspoken apology that was never said.
- Assumption that the other person should’ve known.
- Casual sarcasm that gets dismissed as “just a joke.”
- Tired excuse of “I’ve always been this way.”
- Silent resentment that gets pushed down until it blows up.
In God’s blueprint for marriage, the "punctuation marks" matter.
A missed pause for empathy.
A missed period to stop a spiraling argument.
A missed question mark when you're not sure what your spouse is feeling.
And if we’re not careful, we end up fighting over what the covenant “meant,” when we should’ve clarified what we meant to each other from the beginning.
Don’t wait till the “will” is being read...metaphorically or literally.
Don’t wait till there’s a relational bankruptcy to fix what could’ve been avoided.
Before anything is finalized, look at the punctuation.
What little things are changing the tone, the meaning, the direction of your marriage?
Fix the comma now.
So you don’t have to go to court for the covenant later.
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