Four Tips to Become More Loving and Devoted to Your Husband.

Posted on January 2, 2009. Filed under: About Family Relationships | Tags: christian, Christianity, devotion, discipleship, faith, God, husband, husbands, Jesus, love, marriage, Morningside Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Song of Solomon, wife, wives |

The essence of this statement is do you love your husband more today than yesterday? How about more this year than last year?

Marriage is difficult even in the best relationships. Differences as trivial as the leaving the toilet seat up or down to the more significant ones like child rearing or career choices have the ability to drive wedges into our marriage vows.

Couple those differences with the pressures of time (honey, I got to work late) which can lead to neglect and lack of romance from your husband, and over the years weeds grow into your garden that will choke out the love that was so evident on your wedding day.

This is the heart of Solomon’s lover’s statement in the Song of Solomon 2:15, “Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards for our vineyards are in blossom.” Life presents all sorts of stuff to take us of keeping the main thing the main thing. Ask God to remove those from your life and help you establish a lifestyle that will bring you together closer, rather than tearing you apart.

The Song of Solomon in the one book in the Bible that focuses exclusively on romance, sex, conflict, and relationships. It is an epic poem broken into the various stages of a relationship from dating to growing old together.

Near the end of the book (chapter 7) after a series of conflicts, we find the lovers reunited and extolling the virtues and attributes to one another of what caused them to fall in love in the first place. (chapter 4).

Here are a few suggestions to keep the flame burning through the twists and turns of life:

1) Stay close to the Lord. He is not the author of confusion or deceit in relationships, but of clarity, comfort, and wisdom.

2) Keep short accounts with your husband. Repentance melts away hard hearts more than anything else.

3) Forgive your husband. Though this may take time depending on the situation, reconciliation brings unity, strength, and a deeper love.

4) Intentionally spend time with each other. You did a fabulous job of this prior to marriage and kids so continue it after marriage and kids. Go on a date and spend time with your hubby. It works.

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