One Thing to Grow Your Marriage Each DaySample

Action words

Devotional Content: 

Harvard Law School lists about two hundred action words that students can use to describe their experiences and accomplishments. There are words like adjusted, balanced, counseled, illustrated, and served. Guess what word is not in this extensive list? Love. 

The dictionary lists three different uses of the word love as a noun. But when I use the word love relating to marriage, I use it as an action word. Love is how I express my affection for Nancy by the way I do life with her. I want to serve her, cherish her, and have fun with her. Those desires may originate in my heart, but the way she sees them is through my actions—the things I do for her, the way I treat her, the activities that we do and enjoy together. I can tell her a thousand times a day that I love her, and she likes that; but what turns her head are the actions that are born out of love. What about you? What is an action of love you want to do for your spouse today? 

Today’s One Thing: Turn your love for your spouse today into one action of love!