“Love” is used so commonly everyday. People say it everyday, whether they mean it or not. For people in a relationship/ marriage, they use it as a show of commitment to the relationship. For the partners, nothing is more pleasing than being told (repeatedly) that one is loved.
Being told that you are loved is not enough. You have to know whether you have true love in your relationship. The confirmation of the type of love you have in your relationship will go a long way of affirm your commitment to that relationship.
So, what is ‘True Love’? True Love has strength and endurance. It bears all things, believes all things, hope all things and endures all things. True Love bears up under the stresses and strains put upon it in marriage, while the two in this closed knit relationship learn to be flexible and adjust to each other. It believes all things and earnestly applies it, even when circumstances seem to be unfavourable. And, while not being gullible in dealing with persons who resort to dishonesty, it is not unduly suspicious. Rather, it displays trust, because it knows that, suspicious is dangerous to the marriage and may break it up. Instead, it hopes for the best. Such hope is based on the confident assurance that applying true love will yield the best results possible.
Thus, love can be positive, optimistic and forward-looking. Also, it is not fickle, nor is it a passing infatuation. Real love endures, facing up to problems when the going is hard. It has a staying power. It is strong; but with all its strength, it is kind, gentle, yielding, and easy to live with.
Such love never fails. If hard times press the couple into financial straits, what happens? Instead of thinking about finding an easier life somewhere else, the wife who has such love, loyally sticks with her mate, seeking to economies, and perhaps, supplements her husband’s income.
What if the wife becomes afflicted with an illness that is prolonged for years? The husband who has this kind of love does all he can to provide the care she needs and to provide assurance of his continued devotion. What problem could prevail over a love like that? Does your marriage have? Do you practice it?
Do you notice something commendable in your mate? Give voice to it!
Do you have an impulse to do a kindness? Obey it!
We must sow love in order to reap it.
Practicing these things will bring you and your mate closer, make the two of you one, and make the love between you grow.
To increase love, share it. Make your partner feel good about himself and he will love you for that.
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