LOVE'S SENSE

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

Phillipians 4:8
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is beautiful, whatever is of value — if there is anything excellent or praiseworthy, keep thinking about these things.

Today I want to help you think of some very practical ways you can nurture and improve your relationship/marriage by the application of what we usually refer to as common sense. There are things that God will never do for you. Certain things fall under your responsibility and one of them is taking care of your relationship. God will never manage your relationship for you. He can help you as you do your best to make it all that it should be but if you do not engage yourself in taking responsibility for what you should do to make your relationship great, God will not do for you what you should do for yourself. Someone said God gave a brain to each one of us so we can give Him rest. That's pretty much the same thing our opening quote is saying today.

Now and then it helps to sit down and ask yourself how you can I make my relationship better? What and what can I do to increase the happiness and joy in my marriage/relationship? Your partner is a person and everybody responds to stimuli. You can stimulate joy, happiness, love etc, in your partner. You can make him or her happier. You can make him or her feel loved. You can make him or her feel cherished. You can make him or her feel special and appreciated. You can reassure them of your commitment to them. You can remind them and reassure them that with you the future is brighter than they imagine. You can stir anything up in them that they need to enjoy the relationship more.

These things fall under managing your relationship and God will never do them for you. It's your duty to effectively manage and nourish your relationship. Some relationships are a shadow of what they should be because the persons involved have neglected the responsibility to fan the embers of happiness, joy, lobe and laughter. Believe me when I tell you that your husband/wife/partner will love it if you bring creative sparks into your relationship.

Our Bible text today is one that we usually use to inspire the kind of living God wants for us as christian individuals. In this post however, I want to apply this verse to relationships and marriages. I love the fact that the verse ends by asking us to think. So, we're to engage our mental processes. Whatever is true, noble, right, pure, beautiful, of value, excellent and praiseworthy, we're told to keep these things in mind. Using what's stated in this verse you can enrich your relationship with your partner/spouse. Do things in your relationship and for your partner/spouse inspired by these things listed in this verse. It's not enough to just keep them in your mind. In your mind you should use them to frame actions. They should inspire the things you do.

For example, what are the things that are true about your partner? Make a list of all their strengths you can remember and then, creatively think of how to use this information to encourage them and make them happy. One of the ways you can do this is by learning to craft words. No matter how few they are you can use them to both communicate and stir up a lot of love. Think of doing little beautiful things for them that they will value. The point is that it's your responsibility to invest into your relationship. By doing so you'll make it stronger, better and sweeter. Don't lazy around waiting for God. He has given you the ability to think and reason. Rise up and assume your responsibility today.

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