In our quest to add romance and warmth to marriage, we have talked about writing love letters and the importance of encouraging our mate.
This week, I would like to ask you to think about appreciating your mate. On the surface, I'm sure you are thinking that this will be an encouragement to take time to give thanks for your mate...and it is... but, more importantly, I want to think about the word "appreciate".
We tend to think of appreciation in terms of the increase in value of something like real estate or investments. Because we recognize the increasing value of our investments, we give them more and more loving care and attention.
Our marriages are the greatest Earthly treasure we have and they should be and can be appreciating every day, thus we should ascribe to our mate more and more value every day.
Here are some helpful tips to boost appreciation in your marriage:
This week, I would like to ask you to think about appreciating your mate. On the surface, I'm sure you are thinking that this will be an encouragement to take time to give thanks for your mate...and it is... but, more importantly, I want to think about the word "appreciate".
We tend to think of appreciation in terms of the increase in value of something like real estate or investments. Because we recognize the increasing value of our investments, we give them more and more loving care and attention.
Our marriages are the greatest Earthly treasure we have and they should be and can be appreciating every day, thus we should ascribe to our mate more and more value every day.
Here are some helpful tips to boost appreciation in your marriage:
- View your mate as a gift from God to be valued and cared for.
- Make it your quest to learn to understand what makes your mate "tick".
- Learn to admire your mate's good qualities.
- Choose to stop being critical and learn to be observant and admiring.
- Learn to appreciate your mate's quirks.
- Value your mate even though he/she is less than perfect.
- Choose to spend time together doing things you both enjoy.
- Choose to spend time doing things your mate enjoys, but you really don't...you can learn a lot like this if you don't ruin it by complaining and criticizing.
When I was growing up, my grandparents, who lived near us, had a standing date to go fishing every Monday weather permitting. They never caught many fish, but they always enjoyed spending the day together. When I became an adult, I realized that the point was not catching fish, that was a bonus, the point was enjoying time together as a couple...after over 40 years together. Appreciate your Mate!
Refresh the Romance this year!
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