GOOD MORNING, LOVEBIRDS!
MANY OF YOU genuinely love your Partner and for a long time now you’ve been silently promising yourself that, one day you’d do something BIG for them. It’s indeed a noble thought and highly commendable. But kindly permit me to tell you this: You needn’t wait until you can do something monumental for your Spouse. The bare fact is that you don’t have power over time. You only have TODAY. Until it comes, tomorrow is only a dream.
To enjoy a robust and thrilling marriage therefore, you must learn to spice, flavour and sweeten your union EACH NEW DAY by happily adorning each other’s life with acts of tender love, romance and affection. Stop waiting for when you can do something spectacularly special in the distant future. Do something that’s within your power TODAY!
There are many EVERYDAY THINGS you could do that will significantly help your Spouse, uplift their spirits and make your marriage a “honey-sweet” relationship that none of you ever gets tired or bored with. I can vividly remember that at a certain point in my marriage, I wished there was nothing like death to seperate my wife and I. Our marriage was so intensely sweet! And the good news is that the things that make matrimony endlessly thrilling aren’t far away nor even expensive. They’re mostly within your reach and means.
Remember that NUTS AND BOLTS are small, but they are what hold most car parts together and make it one strong and powerful vehicle.
PUNCTUATION MARKS are small, but they play very significant roles in writing; giving it form and tone.
Salt and pepper aren’t expensive but they heighten and enrich the taste of your meal.
The Alphabets are small but they are brought together to create great Books and Documents that mould lives, rule nations and last thousands of years. The Bible is a very good example.
The point is: it’s not the “mighty things” of life that your marriage needs to be blissful. You don’t necessarily need a private jet or a mansion to have a happy marriage. You need ordinary things: respect, concern, care, empathy, attention, companionship, praise, admiration, forgiveness, appreciation, etc.
Look around your Partner’s life every new day to see what small things you could do to make them happier and their life less stressful.
Think of new ways to make partner happy. Such moves bring newness into your union.
Jesus didn’t just stumble on the idea of washing His disciples’ feet. He thought it up and went on to implement it. Today, we’re all awed at the humility He displayed in that act and the deeply profound and life impacting message it carries.
Mary Magdalene at no time saw anyone washing someone else’s feet with tears and wiping them with the hair of their head. But deep and fervent love made her think of what to do in honour of God’s Christ. She took time to think and that glorious idea was born in her heart.
She went ahead and did it. Today we read of it in the Gospel.
Look out for needs in their lives to meet. Do those things you’ve come to know that they enjoy you doing for them. Ask them questions when you can’t find any needs: “My Love, what may I do for you today?” When they tell you what they want, do it for them with joy and humility, not expecting any favour in return.
π·π TAKE-HOME LESSON: DON’T WAIT UNTIL WHEN YOU CAN DO SOMETHING BIG FOR YOUR SPOUSE. MEET NEEDS IN THEIR LIVES TODAY. PUT A SMILE ON THEIR FACE EVERYDAY!
π₯π₯π₯ CREATIVE DECREE:
π₯LET THE GRACE TO LOVE YOUR SPOUSE DEEPLY AND SERVE THEM BE RELEASED UPON YOU NOW!β‘
π·π TAKE-HOME LESSON: DO SIMPLE EVERYDAY THINGS FOR EACH OTHER EVERYDAY; THAT’S HOW TO LOVE. DON’T WAIT FOR WHEN YOU COULD TRAVEL OUT TO DUBAI TO MARK YOUR MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY. ADD TO THE JOY OF EACH OTHER BY GIVING SMALL TOKENS AND GESTURES OF LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER.
πβ€οΈ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
Reread today’s devotional piece and discuss it.
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