Redefining LoveSample

Love Is a Verb

Devotional Content:

Do you ever feel that there are days when it is just a little bit hard to love your spouse? Are there days when he or she is in a horribly annoying bad mood or does things that just tick you off? If you have been married for any amount of time, your answer to both of these questions is probably yes. Those days happen, and far too many people base their love for a spouse on the feelings of the day. That just does not work very well, because marriage is a commitment. It is being in it for the long haul. It is a one-day- at-a-time deal, year after year.

Love is a place where we all want to be. We want the love of our life. We want a love that lasts a lifetime. This is all well and good, but over the course of a marriage, that word love needs to change from a noun to a verb. It has to be an action word. I am to love Nancy every day. It means putting her before me. It means being totally unselfish. It means serving her like Jesus served us. I have to make sure that love is an action word in my marriage. That’s my job.

Today’s Challenge:

Make love an action word in your marriage by serving your spouse like Jesus served us.

Going Deeper:

Think of three ways you can change your love for your spouse from a noun to a verb.