HOW TO TRULY LOVE YOUR HUSBAND

Do you ever find it hard to love your husband? Maybe you are going through a dry season in your marriage, maybe a trust has been broken, maybe you are struggling within yourself, or maybe he is just being super annoying lately. You love him, or you want to love him, yet you are struggling to do so.

Today I want to share how you can love your husband in the best possible way. It's simple really.

Love God first.

When you love God, fully love and serve Him, that love will begin to shine through in your marriage. You don't have to try to love your husband, the love will come. God lavishes His great love upon us and that love pours over into our marriages.

When you focus on your relationship with God, your relationship with your husband will fall into place. By strengthening your walk with God with prayer, worship, and regular Bible reading, you are putting things into your life like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Those things will strengthen your marriage.

Today, commit to working on your relationship with God and loving Him. The best possible love you can give your husband will quickly follow.

CARE ENOUGH TO REACH OUT

Earlier this year my husband and I purchased a small lot near the lake. We love spending time there. My husband and sons can fish all they want, my daughters and I love to just lounge in the hammocks and read, we can swim, go on walks, and the dogs love the open space. Our favorite thing is to just sit at the picnic table and do nothing but talk and enjoy the outdoors. We had hoped our phones wouldn't get signal so we could be offline, however they do. So we just turn the ringers off and leave them in the camper. We love this little escape so much!

On one of our weekend escapes, we met our neighbors. A sweet older couple who live there full time. They are as kind as can be and love Jesus. Since meeting them, we have only visited with them a handful of times. Early on they asked for our phone number and said they would keep an eye on our camper and let us know if anything was wrong. So kind!

Last month we were unable to visit our escape for a few weeks due to my husband's work schedule. We missed it so much. One day my phone rang and the caller id had our neighbor's name. I instantly thought, "Oh no! Something has happened to our camper!" That was not the case. Instead, the sweet voice simply said, "You haven't been down in three weeks and we wanted to make sure you were okay and just say hi."

Cue. The. Tears.

These people who we only met five months ago, who we have only talked to four or five times, cared enough to pick up the phone and call to check on us.

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,

and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

Proverbs 27:9 CSB

The past ten or so months have been very difficult for my husband and I. We've lost loved ones and have dealt with a rift in our extended families. Our hearts have been very heavy and we have often felt alone. To say I have been struggling is a vast understatement.

Just recently someone I am very close to said they were upset with me because I haven't talked to them in a couple months. This person never reached out to me. Never asked how I was. Never made the first move. They just got upset. It hurt knowing I upset them, but it also hurt that they didn't care enough to reach out.

What if we stopped getting upset, stopped ignoring people, stopping getting offended, and reached out? What if we told people that we've been thinking about them? What if we prayed for people?

That person you haven't seen in awhile, don't assume you know why. Pick up the phone and make a call. That person who has been on your heart today, don't think it's a random thought. Pick up the phone and check on them.

Be devoted to one another in love.

Honor one another above yourselves.

Romans 12:10 NIV

We need to love enough to truly care. We need to care enough to check on people. I pray we all become like my precious lake neighbors.

LOVE NUDGES

We all receive love in different ways. For some, when your husband does the dishes you feel loved. For others, when your husband holds your hand you feel loved. Others feel loved when he tells you how beautiful you are. Just as we feel love in different ways, so do our husbands.

Gary Chapman developed the perfect way for us to know how we best receive love and how our partner best receives love with Love Languages. In Chapman's book The 5 Love Languages, he walks you through the different languages we speak and helps you discover yours.

The 5 different ways we receive love are:
Words of Affirmation
Acts of Service
Receiving Gifts
Quality Time
Physical Touch

Brand new from Gary Chapman and The 5 Love Languages is the Love Nudge app! This is a fun app for couples to help you love your partner deeply with their own Love Language. It's like a fitness app for your relationship!

With the Love Nudge app you can:
1. Learn your love language. Take the official 5 Love Languages quiz to discover your preferred Love Language.
2. Connect with your partner. Use the app individually or invite your partner to download the app, take the quiz, and link profiles.
3.Set goals. Set goals to regularly take on activities that align with your partner's Love Language.
4. Nudge. Send your partner a playful nudge to suggest activities or to find out how full their Love Tank is.

Download the Love Nudge app today and start filling your partner's love tank!

Check out all of the incredible 5 Love Language books below!

ROOTED

All love begins with God.

God loved us before we were even woven together in our mother's womb. He loves us with a sweet yet fierce love. A love that cannot be diminished by our wrong doings. A love that cannot grow stronger by our good deeds. A love that is never changing and never wavering.

When we begin to see and understand the love that God has for us, His treasured children, we are then able to show love to others. In her new study Rooted - Going Deep Into God's Transforming Love, Lara Williams says, "Love down and love out." God's love comes down to us, then we can love out to others.

The world wants love. You want love, I want love. How can we not want everyone to find the deep transforming love of God?

In Rooted - Going Deep Into God's Transforming Love, Lara openly shares her own story as she digs into the book of Ephesians and finds God's love. She finds that all love is rooted in Him so that it can grow out to others.

Each week Lara digs into how God's love is: immeasurable, irrational, mysterious, unifying, purifying, and empowering. Each day you will dig into God's Word, read from Lara's heart, and turn it back to you with thought provoking questions.

Rooted - Going Deep Into God's Transforming Love is a wonderful study to do on your own, to grab a girlfriend or two and go through together, or to do with a larger group. However you do the study, you will walk away feeling rooted in God's love and ready to take His love out.

For some beautiful freebies from Lara, in honor of launch week, click HERE.

Listen. Love. Repeat. {Giveaway}

Take one look at social media or step one foot into a department store and you will quickly realize, as if you didn't already know, that we live in a self absorbed world. Everything about our world screams ME ME ME!

This me attitude is easy to fall to and is reflected in all we do. Even our marriages struggle with selfishness. We want our way and we want it when we want it. We seek happiness by putting our own wants and needs ahead of everyone and everything. Yet we forget that there is a joy that comes with putting others first.

Jesus Himself modeled this idea of putting others first in His earthly ministry. When He was with someone, He was with them. He gave them His attention and His love.

When we live self absorbed, we miss out on those who need encouragement. We miss out on relationships and love. We just miss out. In her brand new book Listen Love Repeat, Karen Ehman encourages us to embrace backwards living, listening for "heart drops" -hints from those in our lives who need encouragement -and then reaching out to them in practical and doable ways.

In Listen Love Repeat, Karen shares practical ways and Biblical truths that will encourage you to place others first. She reminds us how simple acts of kindness go a long way, she calls it scattering kindness. Karen doesn't just give us a list of to-dos or rules of things not to do. She shares real life stories in a way that feels like your sitting down and having coffee together. You will love it!

Not only does Karen offer this incredible book, there is a companion study guide with DVD that you will enjoy. In this six session video Bible study, she helps you rediscover the life changing joy with putting others first and encourages us that the key to moving forward in almost every facet of your life is to embrace backward living.

It's time to open our eyes, our ears, our hearts and our homes and be present with those around us.

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18 Years

Today my husband and I celebrate 18 years of marriage and 19 years of being together. The years have flown by. I deeply love my man.

According to statistics, we should not have made it to this number. According to the world's standards, we should not be married to each other anymore. Jeremy and I married very young. We had children right away. We have faced hardships that tear many couples apart.

One-third of young marriages end in divorce within five years. One-half of young marriages end in divorce within ten years. Thirty-six percent of all marriages end in divorce. And the way of the world now is if your marriage is too hard, walk away. It's okay. Marriage is throw away.

A couple of years ago I heard a woman say that she wasn't sure she wanted to marry her husband, but she figured "why not, if it doesn't work out it is fine, we will just get a divorce." And recently a woman -who has been married for more than twenty years- told me she had a back up plan in case her marriage didn't work out. And yet another woman told me she wanted to tattoo her last name on her body, but decided not to in case one day they divorce. Marriage is not taken serious and it breaks my heart.

So why did my marriage make it to 18 years? Are we special? No. We are not special. And our marriage has not been easy. It has been difficult. We have faced many trials from deep financial issues to trust issues to major health crisis' with our children. It has been a long, bumpy road. And we still have a long way to go.

But this is what we have discovered over the past 18 years...

1. Pray daily for your marriage and your mate.
2. Pray daily with your mate. {If your husband is not a believer or will just not pray with you, just continue to pray for him on your own. God will work and honor your prayers.}
3. Say 'I love you' every single day.
4. Never say the word divorce. Just don't put it out there. Ever.
5. Date. It doesn't matter how long you have been married, date each other.
6. Never stop pursuing each other. Remember the things you did for him when you were dating; the sweet love notes, wearing his favorite color, wearing a perfume he liked, winking at him, all of those things that made him melt into a pool of jello, do them.
7. Never talk bad about your mate to anyone, ever. Speak positive words about him.
8. Thank him. Notice the things he does and thank him for them. From the little things, like putting his dish in the sink, to the big things like going to work every day.
9. When you argue, and you will, take time to cool off if necessary. Don't go to each other in anger and say and do things you will later regret. Cool off, pray, then go calmly to discuss what needs to be discussed.
10. When he is upset or hurting, really listen to what is bothering him. If you are the root of that, pray and ask God to help you in this area. {and let's face it ladies, we will be the root from time to time, just like he will be the root of our troubles from time to time.}

It won't always be easy. God never promised us that life would be easy, marriage is no exception. But we need to persevere. We need to daily to choose to love our mate. 

We don't have to be a statistic. We don't have to let our marriage end in divorce. And we don't have to live in an unhappy marriage. Dedicate your marriage to God and choose love. 

The past 19 years have been an amazing adventure and I look forward to the many, many more to come. Jeremy, you are my treasure and my best friend. I love you babe!

What is your best marriage advice? Comment below and share with us what helps you and your spouse.

A few of the marriage resources we love:

Love Dare {check out our series here}

Power of a Praying Wife {check out our series here}

The Husband Project

The 5 Love Languages

**This post is a repost from a Woman to Woman Ministries Marriage Monday post that I did in 2013. To see the original post, click here.

An Old Fashioned Love {Giveaway}

Chivalry is dead.

We hear it all of the time. But is it really?

We have 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. We are striving to teach our boys to be gentlemen and our girls to be ladies. Teaching them to respect themselves and others. To live by the Word of God. We teach them to never be alone with someone of the opposite gender, to watch what they see, hear and do. To guard their hearts and bodies. Every choice they make, even now, effects their future, their marriage and their family. So we want them to learn to make Godly choices.

These theories aren't the norm anymore. Maybe they are bit old fashioned some would say. But it's how we feel God would have us raise our children. Going back to the Bible and to the values we hold dear.

The new movie, Old Fashioned, shares the story of a former frat boy, Clay Walsh, who has settled down to run an antique shop in a small Midwestern town, and to pursue lofty and outdated theories on love and romance. But when Amber Hewson, a free-spirited woman with a gypsy soul, rents the apartment above his shop, Clay can't help being attracted to her. Amber finds herself drawn to Clay, but not necessarily to his ideas about relationships. Old Fashioned is the story of Clay and Amber moving beyond their differences and attempting to have an old fashioned courtship.

Along with the movie is the Old Fashioned novelized. I personally prefer books over movies. That's just me. The same story line as the movie, just a new way to look at it.

Then there's the incredible Old Fashioned devotional is a 40 day journey to help you find romance the way God intended. This devo helps you find a way to respect yourself and the one you are with. With encouragement to find mentor, specifically for women and specifically for men, every couple needs to go through this.

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Pure Love, Pure Life

Purity means different things to different people. To some it means not being s*xually active until married. To others it might also mean not looking at the opposite gender in a lustful way. To some it means not looking at p*rnography. And to others it might also mean dressing modestly.

But what does purity mean to God?

Can we even achieve purity according to God's standards?  Is it possible?

Author Elsa Kok Colopy in her book, Pure Love, Pure Life, explores what God says is purity. Elsa teaches that purity is more than the word no. It's more than restrictions and dos and don'ts. It's about the heart of God.

Pure Love, Pure Life is a wonderful book for your tween or teen girl, even for any single adults. It is also a wonderful book for parents to read as you lead and guide your children through purity. With 3 teens and 1 preteen, I know this book has blessed me as a parent.

Please check out Pure Love, Pure Life.

The Marriage You've Always Wanted

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You plan the perfect wedding. Everything is just lovely. Those first few months of getting to know one another on this new, deeper level is precious. You learn new little quirks about your new mate, and you love it. These quirks make them who they are. Everything is so wonderful and marriage is amazing.

Then, the honeymoon phase is over.

Each of those quirks you loved before now drive you up the wall! You are beginning to wonder if you even know who you are married to. This perfect wedded bliss is turning out to be too hard.

How can you have the marriage you always wanted?

Too often we hear people say, "I just don't love him/her anymore." Friends, love is a choice. We must choose each day to love our spouse. Even when we are angry or hurt, we must make a choice to love. Gary Chapman, best selling author of The 5 Love Languages, says in his book The Marriage You've Always Wanted:

"God loved us when we were very unlovely. So a husband is commanded to love his wife even when she isn't very lovable. You see, any man can love a woman who loves him. You do not need to be commanded to do that. That is the kind of love we knew before we got married. I was lovely to her because she was lovely to me, but how I am to respond now that my partner is not lovely? This is where the Biblical admonition gives us help. If I respond in kindness, understanding, patience and courtesy, I am making it easy as possible for her to respond in a like manner."

God gives us such a beautiful marriage helper: the Holy Spirit. If we let the Holy Spirit into our marriage as God intended, it is easier to respond in love, show kindness and be patient. The Holy Spirit makes it easier to have a 1 Corinthians 13 marriage.

The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 4:8 that love covers a multitude of sins. If we truly love our mate, and remember it is a choice, we will learn to work through our issues in a loving way. We won't walk away from our spouse simply because there was a problem. We will love them through it as we work through it. Communication is such a vital key in marriage. We can't work through the problems without talking about them.

Just because things are not going well right now doesn't mean it has to stay like this. It doesn't mean the marriage is over. It can get better. God wants it to get better for you. Whether you've been married two years or fifty-two years, you can still have the marriage you always wanted, a marriage God intended.


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You Don't Always Know

Often times we see someone and we assume we know their story. We are quick to pass judgement and condemn them.

We see a lady at the grocery store paying for her food with food stamps, yet she carries an expensive purse.

We see a man struggling to pay his bills but see a brand new pair of name brand tennis shoes on his feet.

We see a family whose children are wearing worn and tattered clothes yet they are eating a meal at a restaurant.

What we don't see...

A lady who worked hard and saved just a dollar a week until she could afford a cheap knock-off purse.

A man whose relative gave him a gift card for his birthday and he used it to by a pair of shoes on the clearance rack.

A family who is struggling and hurting in their finances and received a card of encouragement that included a gift card to a restaurant.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, 

the one who is able to save and destroy. 

But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

James 4:12

We do not always know the true story behind the faces we see. It may be a stranger at the store, the neighbor down the road, or the family in the pew in front of you at church on Sunday.

Instead of jumping to a conclusion we have no right to make, we should show love.

Above all, love each other deeply, 

because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

When we see that woman using food stamps, we should say a prayer that God would help her in her situation.  When we see that family wearing worn and tattered clothes, we should pray that God would provide for them. 

Instead of judging, let's show love. His love.

Linking with:

W2W Word Filled Wednesday

Works For Me Wednesday

Winsome Wednesday
Women Living Well

Mama Notes
A Wise Woman

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Get Off Your High Horse

This week as I was browsing my newsfeed on Facebook, one of my Facebook buds and fellow pastor's wife had this to say:
Sometimes as Christians I think people get on a spiritual high horse and see themselves as better than others. We just need to love people, love sinners, because all of use are sinners saved by grace. People won't be as likely to turn to Jesus if they feel constantly condemned and unloved!

Oh how I love this! Too often I see Christians condemning others for what they do and say or how they live their life. Our words and our attitudes toward them will do nothing to push them to Christ. All we can do is love. One little four letter word hold much power. Love.

This life, our words, our service, our actions, they mean nothing without love. Nothing. We can be servants all day long but if we are not serving with love, what does it mean? We can be successful in all we do, but if we are not doing it in love what does it mean?

I want my life to reflect love. The love of The One who first loved me so much He laid down His life for me. I want to love the believer, the unbeliever, the one who smells like roses, the one who needs a shower, the one who loves me, the one who hurts me. I want to love all with the love of my Father.

I challenge you, show love. Despite what someone does or says to you. Despite what you believe of how they live. Just show love. Pure love that comes  from Christ.

Linking with:

W2W Word Filled Wednesday

Works For Me Wednesday

Winsome Wednesday
Women Living Well

A Legacy of Love

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The relationship I have with my son is a difficult one.  I love him with my entire heart, he is my world.  If you are a mom, you know I would lay my life down for him without even a thought.  But he has always been somewhat of a moody little boy and entering these early teen years have just made him all the more moody.  I have been working really, really hard on trying to understand him and be the best mom for him.  I am currently reading The Five Love Languages and praying that God reveals to me exactly how to connect with my son.

I have also been working how to not be a 'yeller' but to remain calm.  God has given me Proverbs 15:1, "A gentle answer turns away wrath but a harsh word stirs up anger."  So when my son begins to get angry, begins to get frustrated, I close my eyes, breath a prayer and try to remain calm.  Yet most times, he remains angry.  The other night, after having a long, hard, draining battle with him, I went to God broken.  God, it does't work!  The more gentle I become, the more angry he gets.  Is that verse a lie!?  Why isn't it working God?  Now, I know that the Word of God is all truth.  There is no doubt in my mind.

God gently told me, I am still at work here.  Give it time.  Persevere.  Press on, you can do it.  While my son may still be dealing with anger, I can trust God and still work on my gentle answers.  I don't want my son to ever doubt my love for him.  I don't want him to ever doubt that I care and like him.  I don't want him to grow up thinking I tolerated him only because I had to.  I want him to grow up with complete confidence that he was and still is loved by his mother.  I want that love to grow and help him to love back.  I want that love to help him to love his future family.  I want there to be a legacy of love in our family that passes on from generation to generation.  In order for this love to exist and to grow, I must be gentle and loving, even if he is not ready to be.

Friends, if you are dealing with a similar situation, maybe your child, your spouse, a co-worker or neighbor, don't give up.  Regardless of how they respond to you, work on your gentle answers.    

Sweet Blessings~

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Legacy Leaver Thursday

Life In Bloom

Thought Provoking Thursday  

Grace Café 

Proverbs 31 Thursday

A Touch of Love

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Yesterday I started reading The Five Love Languages of Children, by Dr. Gary Chapman.  Dr. Chapman says, "You may truly love your child, but unless she feels it, she will not feel loved."  We can deeply love our children but they need to feel that love.  Saying "I love you" is very important but remember the saying actions speak louder than words.

The book talks about the love language of touch.  This is definitely the language of my two youngest children.  My little ones love to sit on my lap and have me rub their back.  The also love to sit on daddy's lap and snuggle.  This shows them how much we love them.  They need touch.


My oldest two children love spending time with us.  Even if it is just riding with us to run an errand.  They enjoy getting one on one attention.  Talking to us without having a sibling interrupt or having my attention go else where.  This shows them we love them.  They need quality time.


Each child needs all of the five love languages; physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts and acts of service.  But each child also has that one thing that really speaks volumes to them.


I deeply desire for my children to know how much I love them.  I want them to grow up always knowing my love.  Even if it takes extra individual time with them, rubbing backs when I'd really like some space, or listening when I've heard the story before.  I want to leave them with a legacy of true love.


What is your child's love language?


I encourage to check out The Five Love Languages of Children and determine how your child sees love.

Sweet Blessings~

Linking with:

Legacy Leaver Thursday

Life In Bloom

Thought Provoking Thursday  

Grace Café 

Proverbs 31 Thursday

True Love

Today millions of people in this world will be celebrating Valentine's Day.  While I am very grateful to God for my wonderful husband, Valentine's Day has me thinking on another kind of love.  True love.  The place where love begins.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."  John 3:16

"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this:  While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  Romans 5:8

While many see this as a symbol of love:

This is a true symbol of love:

Today, take time out to praise God for His great love.  Praise Him for sending His own Son to die for you.  Praise Jesus for His sacrifice of love.


Sweet Blessings~
 

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Titus Tuesday
On Your Heart Tuesday
Soli Deo Gloria
Teach Me Tuesday  

Autumn Beauty & The Grace Card

Today I am posting a Marriage Monday over at Woman to Woman Ministries.  We are talking about how our husbands rock!  We also have a fabulous giveaway starting today.  Join us!

I love taking my children to the park.  It is one of our favorite things to do.  We play together, go for walks, then mommy sits back and reads as the kids play some more.  It is always a great time.  Autumn is my favorite season.  I love the colors, sound of rustling leaves, and smells.  I love Autumn.  Today, take a moment to get out and enjoy God's beautiful Autumn nature! 

It can be difficult to show grace sometimes.  Someone hurts us so we are bitter towards them.  They are from a different walk of life and we do not understand them.  They stand for something we are against.  They simply live differently than we do.  These things make it hard to show grace sometimes.

But the fact remains that God showed grace to us so how can we not extend it to others?

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God."  Ephesians 2:8

We are all sinners.  We all mess up and fall short of God's glory.  Yet He still extends His grace to us.

We do not always do things the way God wants.  We hurt Him.  And at times we may even stand for something He is against.  But He still extends His grace.

Who are we to hold onto that grace and not share it?

I encourage you, the next time you are at odds with your neighbor, show grace.  The next time the clerk at the store upsets you, show grace.  The next time your in-laws mess up your plans, show grace.  The next time a friend lets you down, show grace.

Here is a beautiful explanation of grace:

I will pray for you daily.  I will ask your forgiveness and grant you the same.  I will be your friend. ~The Grace Card

When grace is needed, offer to pray for the person daily.  Ask their forgiveness and grant them forgiveness.  Be their friend.

Sweet Blessings~


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Capturing Beauty

Review and a giveaway!

Theo - This cute animated movie features Theo, an Englishman and his two mice friends, Belfry and Luther.  Theo knows all about Gods Word and teaches children about Biblical values.  My two youngest kids, though older at 8 and 10, still loved the movie and look forward to seeing more.

The Shunning - The Shunning is a movie taken from Beverly Lewis' book series, The Heritage of Lancaster County.  If you are familiar with Beverly Lewis, her stories are based on the Amish.  The main character, Katie, learns shocking news that will change her life forever.  She has to learn to forgive and follow God's will for her life.  I am a fan of Ms. Lewis and really enjoyed The Shunning.

Grace Card - Tragedy strikes a family and changes their lives.  Years later they are still dealing with this tragedy when God brings two men together on the job.  They are from different backgrounds, different walks of life, and different beliefs.  Will grace be extended?  This movie was excellent!  A very powerful lesson in extending grace, even when it is hard.  This is a movie I will watch again and pass on!

The winner, which will be announced on Friday (10/14), will receive all three of these wonderful movies.  To enter:

• Comment on the blog post each day.

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