Unconditional love...for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health. Unconditional love doesn't waiver in bad times. Unconditional love says I still love you even when you've hurt me. Unconditional love means making a choice to find the good in your mate even when they are not acting so loveable. Unconditional love means forgiveness, even when it's not deserved. Unconditional love is something that we strive for in all relationships, but most come up short.Today's dare: Do something out of the ordinary today for your spouse - something that proves (to you and to them) that your love is based on your choice and nothing else. Wash her car. Clean the kitchen. Buy his favorite dessert. Fold the laundry. Demonstrate love to them for the sheer joy of being their partner in marriage.
When we are dating, we all get that warm fuzzy feeling that we interpret as love, but like I have said before that feeling eventually wears off and we must continue to make choices to love our partner long after the feeling of love wears off. Hopefully as the two of you grow in your relationship you have found things about each other that makes making that choice easy but sometimes we must rely on Him to give us the strength to love our partner because we all make mistakes and sometimes our partner is not as loveable as we would hope.
When we marry we make a covenant with our spouse and with Him. We commit to love our spouse for the rest of our lives. Commit to draw on His strength to carry our that commitment.
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