Love is Thoughtful
"CONTACT YOUR SPOUSE SOMETIME DURING THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY. HAVE NO AGENDA OTHER THAN ASKING HOW HE OR SHE IS DOING AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU COULD DO FOR THEM."
Remember when you first met your spouse? You could not stop thinking about him! You wondered what he was doing, reminisced about the previous time spent together, even laughed at their jokes! Socks on the floor? "No big deal" Then... the signing of the notorious marriage license. Not so funny anymore.
Life got busy - work, kids, romance sizzled out along with a few unmet needs and expectations. You've been disappointed, hurt, and possibly angry! Time to make them pay, right? Not so fast (the patience thing). Love requires thoughtfulness - yes, even when undeserved. Love calls us to meet in the middle, respect, appreciate, and help our spouse. Remember that there is something special about him that drew you in and made you fall hopelessly in love with him. Communicate your concerns, forgive the past, focus on good thoughts today. Today's thoughts can affect tomorrow's outcome.
"How precious also are Your thoughts to me... How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand." (Psalm 139:18).
"CONTACT YOUR SPOUSE SOMETIME DURING THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY. HAVE NO AGENDA OTHER THAN ASKING HOW HE OR SHE IS DOING AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU COULD DO FOR THEM."
Remember when you first met your spouse? You could not stop thinking about him! You wondered what he was doing, reminisced about the previous time spent together, even laughed at their jokes! Socks on the floor? "No big deal" Then... the signing of the notorious marriage license. Not so funny anymore.
Life got busy - work, kids, romance sizzled out along with a few unmet needs and expectations. You've been disappointed, hurt, and possibly angry! Time to make them pay, right? Not so fast (the patience thing). Love requires thoughtfulness - yes, even when undeserved. Love calls us to meet in the middle, respect, appreciate, and help our spouse. Remember that there is something special about him that drew you in and made you fall hopelessly in love with him. Communicate your concerns, forgive the past, focus on good thoughts today. Today's thoughts can affect tomorrow's outcome.
"How precious also are Your thoughts to me... How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand." (Psalm 139:18).
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