LOVE IS FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE
NOTE: The following article is from the book “The Love Dare – Day by Day” by Kendrick
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines…yet I will triumph in the LORD.” HAB.3:17-18
Does your love have a place it will not go beyond?
Even though you willingly promised to love your spouse forever in the soft glow of your wedding ceremony, were you just repeating the script?
Were you like many who, though promising for better or for worse, really only meant “for better”?
You may look from the outside in at other people’s marriages and suppose that many, if not most, have a much easier time than you do.
You may determine that your spouse has brought challenges into your marriage you can no longer tolerate–things you didn’t know or foresee, or perhaps overlooked.
Do not give up on having true love for your spouse.
Even if much of the feeling and desire has been replaced by resentment and distrust, God is able to grow in you a love that will last.
Unconditional love will give the ability to rise up from the ashes of life’s worst, and be thankful for how the heat of battle has melded your hearts into one.
This Weeks Dare
Do something out of the ordinary for your spouse—
something that proves (to you and to them) that your love
is based on your choice and nothing else.
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LOVE YOUR SPOUSE 
Love that book SIster Nancy!! It got me thru some rough times. My favorite part of the post is “Unconditional love will give the ability to rise up from the ashes of life’s worst, and be thankful for how the heat of battle has melded your hearts into one.” This is so true!!! Thanks for bringing this book to my remembrance. Love you!!!
Hi Nikki! Thanks so much for your great comment. I am glad to hear that you recommend it also. We all need all the tools we can get to add wisdom into our marriage. Love you and miss you!
Nikki,
I also liked that part of the post. I would also add the word “back”. (…has melded your hearts BACK into one)
I truly enjoy getting these words of inspiration everyday from Sister Nancy.
I actually did something out of the ordinary (made something by hand) for my spouse and I didn’t expect it to be delivered to me for another week or so. Coincidently it arrived today. I will present it to her this evening. Praying that God is in the mist and that my gift is received by her heart just as it was conceived from mine.
Hi Dion!
Thanks for your precious comment. You would not believe how many people are praying for you. Everywhere I go, whoever reads my blog asks me how you are doing. They are so proud of you. I can’t even imagine how enormous of a blessing God has for you. You are truly a man of valor!!!
Mrs. Nancy,
All I can say is wow! I have not genuinely smiled a lot this past year but I can tell you that I smiled quite a bit after reading your response. I smiled and shed tears of happiness. It is so amazing to hear that there are people who don’t even know me yet care about me and my situation. Even more amazing is that they take time out of their lives to send up a prayer for me and my marriage. That is truly special and I am very thankful! Please let them know that I really appreciate their concern and prayers. Stick with me though and I’m looking forward to that enormous blessing God has. I speak it now, it will happen…in Jesus name!
Hi Dion! Thanks for your comment. People are praying for you because we are all in the same fight. We have the same enemy; the devil. We have the same friend; Jesus. If someone is drowning, you would do everything to help them. The viewers to this blog are not just working on their marriage, but they are taking what God gives them and are helping others with their marriages. We all consider you family. You are a brother in the Lord. The beauty if that we don’t have to know you, but God will burden our hearts to pray for you. In turn, he blessed our lives as he blesses yours. He wants all of us to join in the rewards. Have a blessed day!