10 ways to Love

…As the month of June ends, I wanted to give our newly weds 10 ways on how to love their spouse… ( it is actually applicable to everyone!)

Listen without interrupting
(Proverbs 18)
Speak without accusing
(James 1:19)
Love without sparing
(Proverbs 21:26)
Pray without ceasing
(Colossians 1:9)
Answer without arguing
(Proverbs 17:1)
Share without pretending
(Ephesians 4:15)
Enjoy without complaint
Philippians 2:14
Trust without wavering
(Corinthians 13:7)
Fogive without punishing
Colossians 3:13
Promise without forgetting
(Proverbs 13:12

~“A married couple is like a permanent marker… Once you are with them you can never give them up OR let them fade away…”

~“I want you, I want all of you, in my arms, twenty four seven. It’s not going to be easy, it’s going to be really hard. But I’m willing to try it, because I’m willing to spend the rest of my life with you…

- The Notebook”

In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic, a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts, an enabler rather than a reformer

 

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sin- Langdon Mitchell

A good marriage is one, which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love- Pearl Buck

Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry- Tom Mullen

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