LOVE

In what ways can you love your husband this week?

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children”

(Titus 2:4)

One way we can show our husbands we love them is to be available to them for physical intimacy. That transition from being a mom and scrubbing the toilet to being a romantic wife can be difficult at times. Men are “programmed” quite differently than we are in this area, and if your husband doesn’t know that you need a little time to adjust, just let him know. “Could we just cuddle for a little while first and talk about our day?”

My husband and I have recently found a helpful tool for that transitioning time. I don’t think he purchased it with the transition time in mind but it sure is a help to me.

  INITIATIVE

Do you recognize things that your husband might need done before he has to ask for them?

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.” Proverbs 31:27

Initiative? You’ve got to be kidding! I’m totally worn out. I barely get the necessities accomplished these days.

I admit it. I got lazy for a while and was not exercising everyday like I started out doing. Other than playing volleyball once a week I had gotten into a slump where I didn’t feel like doing much of anything. Thankfully, though, I am now walking several miles each week, to and from two different destinations. I didn’t really plan this as an exercise program, but it has worked out well. It’s either pay less than a dollar to hop on the back of a motorcycle (a native driving, like a taxi), which I could do, or walk. I simply choose to walk and I really enjoy it!

Because of exercising and my body feeling better, I have more energy to accomplish my tasks. I find myself looking for the next thing to do, instead of looking up from my book or computer screen and thinking, “Oh no! I forgot to…”

What about you? What encourages you to not to be idle? Perhaps you are in a rut or you simply need to remind yourself of your life purpose.

  LOYALTY

Are you willing to be loyal to your husband for life, just as you stated in your vows?

“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:”

(I Corinthians 7:10)

What a blessing it is to see couples who have been married for many years walking hand in hand, just enjoying each other. Some older couples are still together because “that’s just what you’re supposed to do”, but oh to be married for 50 years and still be in love!

I have a good Papuan friend whose husband left her because she didn’t have a child within a very short time after they married. Since then he has married two other women and left them within a year since they failed to conceive also. It turns out that he is the one with infertility issues. Loyalty means nothing to him.

Determine to be loyal to your man and to keep that forever-love alive.