Concecration is all about loving and serving your spouse. I love this. When you are dating life is bliss. It's all flowers, rainbows, and sunshine. You want to do everything for eachother, no martter what. You want to help them with their homework, their clean checks, and you even start buying them things. What are we thinking?! We are on cloud 9 right? Yes.
Then the next step, the engagement. You get the ring, show it off to everyone and their dog, and then continue on with the wedding plans. Now this is the step where the real person begins to appear. You begin telling each other the truth. You actually don't want to do everything your fiance wants to do. And he doesn't really care what colors the flowers are for the wedding. Ok, ok, we are still fine. We still love each other and that's what matters.
The wedding day comes and it is as amazing as you expected it to be and even more so. The honeymoon is wonderful and happy. Then you get back to real life. Wait, your husband hates window shopping with you? You finally tell him that you hate some of the clothes he wears. Yes folks, this does happen. It's not like we try and hide things before we get married. It just doesn't come up until after you are married and you become more comfortable with each other.
This makes it a little harder to want to serve one another. You want to deep down, but then the other person does something that really irritates you. Now think of it this way:
You met this man, became great friends, decided to date only each other, and then he asked the most important question of your life. He asked you if you would spend eternity with him. Through all of the ups and downs, the tears and laughter, the joys and sorrows. You are giving yourself to him as he is to you. Everything you have deserves to go to him. Your one and only. Your husband.
Serving him is only one way that you show him you love him. I serve my husband by doing the little things. I probably say that a lot, but it's because it's true. The little things is huge. But what I mean by little things is cleaning the apartment, making him meals, spending time doing what he wants to do, running errands for him, cheering him up when he is sad, helping him study, and cuddling whenever he wants! This is the man of my dreams and I love him more than anything else in the entire world. Through all the little bumbs in the road, I know he'll be there for me still loving me and serving me, so I will be there for him.
great outlook britt.Rowdy and i are only a few weeks away from this but we are already experiencing some of the irritations and that hinders the serving each other part of a relationship. I really liked this, thanks!
ReplyDeleteoh i just love this post & you two lovebirds. It's so true, serving is the best way to deepen your love & rekindle that love too. Mmmm, I'm gonna go give Levi a big serving of service & smooch him real good!
ReplyDelete.... he liked the kiss. Good advice, Britt.
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