So many marriages end after the children leave, or sooner in our modern day society. This is not God's plan for
us and for our marriages. We have a weekly date night. We do not "go out", per say, but we date each other weekly. We take turns planning dates that can be done at home after the
children go to bed. This could be as simple as checking out a video from the library or as complex as your imagination allows you to go. Think of things that your spouse would enjoy. Surprise him or her! We sometimes have romantic dinners or play games.
It is always a very nice treat if you surprise your spouse. You could make babysitting arrangements, and take your spouse on a "surprise" date. Show
that wonderful person that you married that he or she is very loved. Sometimes, even the spouse that may have become "unlovable", can become lovable again when that person feels your love.
Why don't you try discovering your spouse's love language and show them that you love them by speaking in that language?
1 Corinthians 13
THE CHAPTER OF LOVE
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became
a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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