love is thoughtful

How precious also are Your thoughts to me. O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. Psalm 139:17-18

Love requires thoughtfulness - on both sides - the kind that builds bridges through the constructive combination of patience, kindness, and selflessness. Love teaches you how to meet in the middle, to respect and appreciate how your spouse uniquely thinks.

Love thinks before speaking. It filters words through a grid of truth and kindness.

Spend a few minutes today thinking about how you could better understand and demonstrate love to your spouse. Great marriages come from great thinking.

The Love Dare, p18

Just so you know, I suck at this. The last 3 days have been so hard. Press on, my friend.

And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5:2-5