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"Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words." - Francois Rabelais


1 John 3 : 18-20 (MSG)
My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love. This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality. It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.


Chris and Nancy are a married couple who have lived together for a years and were being faced with some challenges in their marriage. Chris had noticed that his wife started getting irritated over some flimsy words he would say to her as a way of wanting to pull her legs a little but he didn't think it would lead to much issues. On the other hand, Nancy wasn't finding it easy with her husband especially when she'd tell him to cut them. She had known Chris right from junior high when they became friends and really liked him as a person for his charming personality as well as his ability to always draw people to himself with his great sense of humor. Now here she was married to her friend of about 12 years and her husband of 4 years, both sitting together in front of a marriage counselor.

After Nancy had recounted her own side of the story, Chris had become almost sober for concluding that he knew his wife would understand that he loved her even if he didn't back his words of love with affectionate acts of love. He thought his wife understood he loved her so well even if he didn't always show the love and realizing that wasn't exactly the case made him sad. All the while all that Nancy wanted was to be reminded of her husband's love for her continuously, not just with words of love but more importantly with actions and deeds of love. This meant so much to her even in their marriage. For Love to be at its highest peak in any love relationship or marriage, both partners have got to continually do those things they know communicates real love to their partners. There are love languages we ought to learn to speak and one person's love language may differ from another's.

Love doesn't put its own needs first; it puts the interests of the other person before its own. Ravi Zacharias, a sound teacher of God's Word I love a lot, says real love doesn't just consist of conquering, it rather consist of pursuing endlessly. That means you do not quit making your partner enjoy you and you do not quit thrilling their heart simply because you feel you have already won them and so have conquered them as a territory. Could this fear be the reason why a number of partners do not solemnize their union in marriage because they suspect that the love that exists between both of them would fade out and lead to a divorce? Well, this ought not to be at all as marriage shouldn't be the end of such show of love and affection, rather it should be just its beginning.


Keep Loving, Keep Living...................LOVE ISSUES.
@bibilovejunkie

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