Genuine, heartfelt, through thick-and-thin, till-death-us-do-part love. To honor each other, to esteem each other, to consider each other’s welfare above their own.
“Husbands, love your wives” (Eph. 5:25).
“love their husbands” (Ti. 2:4).
True, many wonderful and deep feelings are experienced by a couple who court, fall in love, and marry. As time goes by, they learn that love has a deeper and more practical dimension than the romantic aspect. They have to work at loving each other.
- Love is patient, enduring his absentmindedness.
- Love is kind, helping with the housework when she’s had a hard day.
- Love does not envy his important position at work.
- Love does not boast about getting the bigger paycheck.
- Love is not proud but admits that she may be right about what’s wrong with financial planning.
- Love is not rude, for it speaks to her respectfully in private as well as in public.
- Love is not self-seeking, but it looks for an opportunity to be of help to the other.
- Love is not easily angered and does not even raise its voice when she does.
- Love keeps no record of wrongs and do not raise issues when it’s time to move on.
- Love does not delight in evil and does not pressure the partner into wrong behaviour.
- Love rejoices with the truth by facing reality and changing accordingly.
- Love always protects, without resorting to bitter, sarcastic criticism.
- Love always trusts, believing that our real security is in the Lord.
- Love always hopes, holding to the shared dreams when his job is phased out.
- Love always preservers, growing even stronger in adversity and stress.
- Love never fails, though youth, health and vigour fade away.
Love can change your life. It may not change your mate, but it will give him every reason to realize that you are there for him.
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