🤎🧡🤍One of the most common mistakes spouses make in their love lives is abandoning the consciousness of the need to be—and feel—special. Over time, many stop striving to smell, sound, and look alluring, or to come across as strikingly unique to the person they married.

🤎🧡🤍A GRAVE MISTAKE
During courtship—a “lower” level of the relationship—this awareness was at its peak. Why, then, do many no longer care about their scent, appearance, or the general impression their conduct emits? Often, it is because they believe they have “achieved” marriage and “captured” their spouse, leading them to think it no longer matters if they look sloppy. This is a grave mistake.

🤎🧡🤍YOUR MATE’S NATURE HAS NOT CHANGED
Dear spouses, please listen: Marriage has not changed your partner’s need to find you huggable, kissable, touchable, fragrant and presentable to friends and colleagues. All of this means you must watch yourself; your mate deserves to see you looking attractive 24/7.

🤎🧡🤍THE ULTIMATE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
Marriage is the ultimate intimate relationship on a human level. It is not only moments of sexual intimacy that bring you close; living under the same roof and sharing a bed creates constant proximity. Even in our relationship with God, we are enjoined to “worship Him in the beauty of holiness” (Psalm 96:9). In worship, we enter God’s divine presence, and He desires us to be adorned in the radiance, loveliness, and elegance that only holiness can effect.

Furthermore, Hebrews 10:22 instructs us to enter God’s presence with our bodies “washed with pure water.” This demonstrates that in intimate relationships, a good appearance, attractiveness, cleanliness, and a pleasant scent are fundamental.

🤎🧡🤍GIVE YOUR SPOUSE THE BEST OF YOU!
You prioritized cleanliness and a good dress sense during courtship because you viewed your fiancé or fiancée as special. You refused to embarrass yourself by appearing unkempt while you were living apart. Why should these two basic elements of intimacy become unnecessary now that you share the same home and the same bed?

Dear spouses, it’s time to reclaim the matrimonial basics you may have cast aside. Marriage has brought you into each other’s lives completely—fused and blended as one. Even in your 80s, as you embrace the roles of grandparents, remember that something in your partner’s nature still longs to see, feel, and experience the very best of you. Strive to honor that desire, and thereby keep the flame of your romance burning bright and high!

💕❤️ Tonight’s Bedroom Assignment:
Reread this devotional together just before bedtime and discuss it with an open and sincere heart.

📚📖✒️ Quotes For Reflection:

“In marriage, love must be reciprocal. As your mate gives to you, respond in kind. If possible, make it a joyful competition to “out-give” one another.”(Anselm Ahman. From Lovebirds’ Devotional of March 24, 2026)

✝️ Altar Call:
Jesus Christ is calling you! Come to Him today and be saved!

🌡️⚗️ Scientific Info To Boost Your Marriage:

“Regularly holding hands keeps the romance alive, signaling that you are still actively choosing each other”

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