SISTER WISDOM

Every happy couple looks different.

Your version of wedded bliss isn’t the same as mine. (Good thing, huh?)

But all the happy couples have at least one thing in common: they make sure that the things they love about each other take up more space than the things they don’t like.

Love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:9

A better marriage does not mean a marriage without conflict. A better marriage does not mean perfection.

But it does mean you have a friend, always. It means you have someone who understands and still accepts you. It means that even in the moments of loneliness you have the knowledge that the loneliness will end.

A better marriage means you have encouraged and enabled your husband to be the best man he can be. It means you are not a wife who kills his dreams. It means you can bide your time, when you need to. It means you see his faults, but you choose to overlook them.

A better marriage means that you can be vulnerable without being afraid. It means you can be respectful without being a doormat. It means you can have shared priorities without losing your own identity.

A better marriage makes you both better people.

A better marriage happens or doesn’t happen every day. The thing to remember is that it won’t happen on its own.

Day after day, you either strengthen and improve your house, or you weaken and destroy it. You add a coat of paint or you make a gouge in the wall. You straighten a beam and hammer in a nail, or you smash a sledgehammer through the wall.

Every day is a chance to make the stuff of your life spell out love.

Every day is a chance to begin again.

Every day is the right moment to fall in love, to stay in love, to walk in love, to be in love.

May the Lord of love bless your marriage.

Images courtesy of kalandrakas, dno1967, shandopics, and samantha celera.

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This post is {day 30} of the Build a Better Marriage Challenge.

It’s a 30-day challenge to be deliberate about building a better marriage. We’ll talk about some of the common obstacles to a better marriage (marriage killers) and some of the important habits for a successful marriage (marriage keys). We’ll also work through some of the misconceptions that affect our marriage, faulty thinking we’ve picked up from our culture, our pasts, and maybe even from the church. Each day’s reading will end with a 5-minute marrige check and a 5-minute action point, so you can take it on home.

Join in via the Mr Linky on the challenge page. You can also just read along, but remember that all challenge participants will receive a free copy of the ebook at the end of the challenge.

Here’s to better, stronger, happier marriages!

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