The Session: Keeping Romance Alive at the Holidays, or How to Date Your Spouse While Lying About Their Christmas Present

Keeping romance alive at the holidays, From Crosswalk.com & Cindi McMenamin, writer and national speakerI Corinthians 13:4-7Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.Take a look at His unending, persevering love for you:He has promised He will never leave you (Hebrews 13:5)He is gentle toward you when you’re broken (Psalm 147:3)He promises nothing will ever come between the two of you (Romans 8:39)He loved you in spite of yourself, and still does (Romans 5:8)He is constantly thinking about you (Psalm 139:17-18)Rebuilding Your Marriage Starts With YouIn Isaiah 40:28-31, we have this encouragement from God, who can fill you up with love for spouse:“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”If your love for your spouse has waned, how do you renew it? How do you get back that delight in each other when something in your spouse or in this life has taken it out of you?By waiting (continually) on the Lord for His strength, which will enable you to love your spouse, and by going back to what first drew the two of you together. Was it your spouse’s smile, sense of humor, integrity, charm and wit, or love for God? To reach Tom Russell, please call 419-709-8447, email Tom at [email protected], or visit his website at https://www.heritagechristiancounselingofmansfield.com