Valentines

Always treat your Valentine special, even when it’s not Valentine’s Day. In all relationships, it’s guaranteed you’ll have a better relationship with your spouse if God is the number one factor in your home. Scripturally based blessings can be a powerful element in a marriage. Genesis 2:18 says, “The Lord God said, it is not good for the man to be alone. Therefore, I will make a helper suitable for him.” In Philippians 2:3 advice is given telling couples, “In the true spirit of humility, let each of you regard the other as better than yourself.” When you love that person: that should be easy. Then from 1 Corinthians 13:4 you’re told: Love endures long, is patient, and kind. Love is never envious, nor does it cause jealousy; it’s also not boastful of self or filled with vain glory, and definitely does not display itself as haughty. So pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another as Romans 14:19 advises. James D. Freeman gives the following counsel: May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitement a marriage should bring. May life grant you patience, tolerance, and understanding. May you always need one another – not so much to fill your emptiness, but to help you to know your fullness. May you need one another, but not out of weakness. May you want one another, but not out of lack. May you entice one another, but not compel each other. May you embrace one another, but not overpower one another. May you succeed in all important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for things to praise, often saying,“I love you!” and importantly, take no notice of small faults. If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have sense enough to take the first step back. May you enter into the mystery which is the awareness of one another’s presence, and let it be no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms, or a far distance apart. May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find it loving one another unconditionally. Sherry