S5E2: Remember What's Good About Your Mate
- Author
- Scott & Dawn Smith
- Published
- Thu 15 Aug 2024
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In Season 5 Episode 2 of the Forever Marriage Podcast, we talk about how if we want to rekindle romance, the first thing we have to do is to "remember what’s good about our mate."
We can’t experience romance with a hard heart and so we must consider how to have a soft heart toward one another. We must work on how we see each other, how we think about each other, and how we speak to each other.
Our way of seeing each other matters. Dawn says, "I have to have a filter for how I see my husband… and that comes from a biblical worldview that I have adopted. We relate to each other through the lens of these three unchanging truths - as an image bearer of a holy God, as a child of God, and as an heir with Jesus. These are identity statements that do no change. We then are privileged to fulfill the roles of husband or wife."
How we view each other and how we understand our own identity empowers us to fulfill those roles as husband or wife in a way that honors the Lord and keeps our marriage growing and thriving.
Thoughts to ponder:
- What attributes have you been focusing on lately with your partner?
- Are they identity or role based?
- In what ways has that driven your affections for them (for good or for bad)?
If we want to rekindle romance, the first thing we have to do is remember what’s good about our mate.
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