Purchase the book “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman, and learn about each other. Everyone is different. Know your spouse. The 5 areas: (1) Words of Affirmation (2) Quality Time (3) Receiving Gifts (4) Acts of Service (5) Physical Touch. – - I know my spouse’s language. Do you know yours?
Now is the time. Not tomorrow and not when it feels right. Not when you’ve dug yourself into a deep enough hole, and not just because you’re still getting along. Love your lover now. Don’t lose a minute and don’t skip a beat. The perfect time to show your love for him or her will always be ‘now’.
On some occasion (not a day she expects), buy a cake and have it decorated with a special cute, funny or sentimental message. Just do it.
Do you have a value system? One important value is the value of a slow reaction. Nothing worse than your personal drama when something in the relationship occurs. Keep your head at all times.
Let us not love with words or tongue, but with ACTIONS and in TRUTH….1 John 3:18. The Bible has some great nuggets to help a marriage if we will read it.
Just remember that you both get cranky, and you might not be at the peak of your most understanding mood. When a bump comes up, take it in stride and give your lover the benefit of the doubt. Blaming the disagreement on yourself every once in a while is humbling and actually healthy to a relationship. (Even if you’re actually right)
Reliving past disputes is a sign of unforgiveness. Unforgiveness allows the heart to become bitter. That bitterness will divide your relationship. Always keep forgiveness in the forefront.
“I told you so” has no place in any good relationship……even if you’re right!
A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you’ve forgotten it.
I would rather have ONE breath of her hair, ONE kiss from her mouth, ONE touch of her hand, than an eternity without it!
I’ve heard men say they like to play the field thinking that loving lots of women has it’s benefits. I tell you that it takes a greater man who is creative enough to know how to love “one woman” for life.
Marriage is so much more enjoying when neither of you cares who wins…..at anything! That’s Romance!
