Valentines Day

It is VALENTINE’S DAY!!!

https://www.mother.ly/love/10-tips-to-stay-madly-in-love-with-your-spouse?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

So, how can a couple stay in love?

This article has 10 tips to stay madly in love with your spouse!!

Let’s get started:

-1 Be loving

Greet each other at the end of the day with a smile and a welcoming demeanor.

Leave your work and your frustrations outside the door.

-2 Show Gratitude

Thank each other for your individual roles and tasks.

-3 Do not try to take on their emotions.

Accept each other's emotions as good or bad and do not take them on as your own. 

YOu are two people joined together in marriage.  Yes, there will be disagreements - but don’t be disagreeable!! 

-4 Encourage each other

When your partner is negative, you don't have to be negative back. Validate the negativity or emotion you see in the other person and try not to let it take you over as well. Remember, emotions come and go.

You need to be a cheerleader for your partner!!!

-5 Don’t try to one-up each other

Choose to put yourself in your partner's shoes and be disciplined enough to think of them before yourself.

On a football team, there are those whose job is to score and those whose job is to keep the other team from scoring.  It is a team - putting the partner down isn’t cool!!!

-6 Don’t beat up on looks

Don’t criticize your partner’s looks (or really almost anything else).  Love them.

Remember 1 Corinthians 13 - “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking”

-7 Tell your spouse that they are beautiful

If you aren't telling your woman how gorgeous she is, you should be. Women want to feel captivating, so show her some affection and compliment her mind and body.

-8 Make time for one another

Do things together - make Date-Night a fixture that can’t be changed.  Read the same book. Talk together about more than just your day. (There are sites that can help you with discussions)

-9 Be patient with each other

To err is human, to forgive is divine!!!  We all make mistakes - and sometimes very big ones (like wrecking the car, or spending our money on something stupid).

-10 RESPECT

This will look different for each relationship, but find out what makes your partner feel respected. Respect in marriage looks a lot like love.  

And, let's finish this with the traditional wedding vows:

""I, ___, take thee, ___, to be my wedded husband/wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my faith [or] pledge myself to you."

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!  

May God continue to bless you and your spouses/partners - if that applies, or those you spent time with!!!

Hugs!!

Karen