Valentine’s Day is always a very special day for married lovebirds!! Red roses, boxes of chocolates, dinner dates, romantic venues, recalling of Valentine’s Days of the past, perfume, cards, terms of endearment left on sticky notes all over the house, pictures posted on Facebook and Instagram, communications of the degree of love for each other, and on and on it goes for this special day!!
But . . . what about today, the day after Valentine’s Day? You put much thought into how you would express your love to your Sweetheart. You went out of your way to purchase that perfect gift. You fantasized in your mind the most romantic setting and fulfillment for this special day. You wrote down your thoughts of love and appreciation in a card. You made sure the whole world knew about it on Facebook.
All of this took intentional thought and effort.
This leads to me say one crucial thing about how to keep your marriage moving forward, to keep it hummin’!
You have to work at it every day!
No, you don’t have to buy a $75 bouquet of flowers or have a candlelight dinner at Ruth’s Chris every day. You intentionally . . .
- Verbalize your love to each another
- Kiss (Eliminate the peck!)
- Pray together
- Hold hands
- Look at each other
- Seat your wife at the table
- Pray together
- Hug each other
- Serve each other
- Enjoy a 5-minute date in the pantry with the door closed
- Leave love notes
- Pray together
- Share what God has taught you from His Word
- Laugh together
- Hold each other
- Speak words of encouragement
- Enjoy being with each other
- Listen to each other
- Pray together
- Forgive each other
- Make sure your spouse comes before your children
- Make sure your spouse knows you love him/her more than the children
- Pray together
- Be gracious to each other
- Touch each other
- Pay attention to each other like your mate was Facebook
- Wash her car
- Pray together
- Bake him his favorite cookies
- Do the things you did when you were dating . . . even many years later
- Keep having fun (Don’t grow old grumpy!)
- Pray together
So, what are your intentional plans for your lovebird today, the day after Valentine’s Day?
From A Pastor's Heart 