How to Love Your Husband WellSample

True Love is Kind

We have to recognize that our words have power, both the words we speak to others and our words over ourselves. In marriage, it is so important to be loving in the words we use and how we use them. During the mundane moments, like asking our husbands to take out the trash, or the stressful moments, when we may be at odds and seeking resolution, it may be hard to use loving words.

Not all conversations are pleasant, and sometimes it seems like we have the same conversation over and over. Yet, as wives, we are to speak in love and with kindness in all conversation. Our words can provide comfort, healing, instruction, and direction. However, our words can also cut deep, hurt, diminish, and cause division.

Speaking in love is often a lot easier said than done, but it all comes back to making a choice. God gives us all the power of choice, including our words. He provides us with the ability, as wives, to use our words to show love, care, and patience.

Taking time to self-check our thoughts and words and submit them to God will help us to make sure the words we speak come from a place of love and kindness. Words are one of the few things that cannot be taken back. Therefore, ensuring the words we speak contain love, light, and kindness is one of the best gifts we can give our husbands. It also helps our growth as women and wives.

What thoughts do you have or words you want to speak to your husband that you need to submit to God? In what ways could you speak life and love to your husband today, either in the mundane or complex?

Prayer

God, let the words from my mouth and the thoughts in my mind be both pleasing to You and uplifting to my husband. In times of both celebration and struggle, may I speak from a place of love, kindness, and grace. Amen.