Day 14: Love Takes Delight
PURPOSEFULLY NEGLECT AN ACTIVITY YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO SO YOU CAN SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR SPOUSE. DO SOMETHING HE OR SHE WOULD LOVE TO DO OR A PROJECT THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO WORK ON. JUST BE TOGETHER.
So, here you are - married. You traded the sports car for the minivan; traded sipping iced tea on the patio - to sippy cups on the floor. Your soul mate has become your roommate. From sparkle to fizzle. But wait! There's more!
No fire continues to burn on its own. Logs need to be added - fuel to keep the fire burning. What are you - specifically you - doing to keep the fire burning in your marriage? Sure, at the beginning of a relationship, love captured your heart. After a while, you felt captured all right - like living in a prison.
But, we can't operate on our feelings. We must choose to love - choose to add more fuel to our marriage fire. We must choose to notice the beautiful flames and enjoy the warmth, not focus on the ashes below. Lock arms, hold hands, better yet, embrace. Embrace each other, embrace your marriage, embrace the life God has given you - where you are, not where you wish you were.
VERSE FOR TODAY'S DARE: "Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life" (Ecclesiastes 9:9 HCSB).
THOUGHT FOR TODAY'S DARE: Delight in your marriage as it is today. Make plans to add more fuel.
Blessings for an "fired-up" marriage today,
Dale and Susan Crook
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