Out of the Kitchen in Twenty Years

StoryParable★★★★

As the ambulance took his wife away to a mental hospital, her thoughtless husband remarked: “I can’t for the life of me understand what’s wrong. Why, she ain’t been out of the kitchen in twenty years.” HYMN

The point

A husband whose wife is taken to a mental hospital remarks that she hasn't been out of the kitchen in twenty years, revealing his callous unawareness of her suffering and isolation.

Scripture

Ephesians 5:251 Peter 3:7Philippians 2:3-4Galatians 6:2

Audience

AdultsYouthSmall Group

Occasions

Wedding

Tone

Sobering · Convicting

To tell aloud

under a minute · 7 words

Subjects

Neglect Mental Health Marriage Understanding Empathy As the Ambulance Took His Wife

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