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Be Thankful for your spouse

November 24, 2012 by Mrs. Hudson

Are you thankful for your spouse? Do they know it? On Thanksgiving this year I made it a point to tell my husband that I was thankful for him. I expected him to just say “Thank you and I am thankful for you too”. But of course he didn’t! 🙂 He asked me why. So I got to tell him several of the reasons why. I told him because he was thoughtful, considerate, ambitious, cute, smart, and Loving…and many other reasons. He seemed pleased. 🙂 It was an unexpected but nice window for me to tell him things I always think of and appreciate daily about him. I do not always tell him though.

It is important that we verbalize what we think our spouse should already know. We think our spouses should know that we Love them…but we should not stop telling them “I Love you”. The same goes for other things… telling our spouse they are attractive, smart, thoughtful, etc. The world is full or negative words, things, images and so on. We should be the positive words in our spouses life. Your spouse should be able to know that whatever you say to them you say out of Love. That is what the Bible says to do right? We are supposed to speak the truth in Love.

Make the effort to speak on your own. If your spouse has to prompt you to tell them they look nice or that they are smart…it is still good to hear but loses some of its affect because it was not a voluntary act.

Today, make the effort to speak positive words into your spouses life. What area of your spouse’s life do you think you can help encourage them in? What would you tell your spouse if they asked you why you were thankful for them? Once you figure it out…TELL THEM!

Filed Under: Better Than Newlyweds Tagged With: life

Don’t Settle…Before AND After Marriage.

November 16, 2012 by Mrs. Hudson

When I first had the idea for this post…it was going to be aimed at single people. It was going to be sort of as a word of advice in preparation for marriage. But as I thought about it and what it meant…I thought…surely single people aren’t the only ones that shouldn’t settle. Married couples shouldn’t either.

Just because we get married doesn’t mean that things get easier and that we “live happily ever after”… without work! It isn’t easy to be two people and live a life as one. That takes work. That is why it is important not to settle while dating and choosing who you marry. Pick someone who isn’t afraid of dealing with the truth and working thru it. And for those of us who are married… don’t settle for easy in your marriage. It is not easy to tell your spouse that something they did hurt your feelings… it’s not easy to tell your spouse that you messed up and you’re sorry…it’s not easy to (fill in your own words here)…but it IS necessary for a marriage to last! Well, for it to last and be a happy, healthy, and hopeful marriage! It could last but if you avoid the truth and make no effort to grow… I have a hard time thinking that marriage will be healthy.

In marriage…don’t settle for boring either. Try to make an effort to be romantic. I am not just talking to the husbands either! A simple note left for them to see before they leave for work could set the course for their whole day! Why not send them a text during the day letting them know you are thinking about them and Love them. That might be just what they need to make it thru the day. Being romantic doesn’t have to be extravagant. Being romantic can be realistic too.

What can you do to let your spouse know that you don’t want to settle in your marriage?

Filed Under: Better Than Newlyweds, Communication is KEY! Tagged With: life, marriage

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Hi, I’m Stacy!

I am married to the Love of my life... my Prince. We strive daily to have a marriage better than newlyweds. We want to know each other better than when we were first wed. We want to please God by serving each other. Marriage is so important as it represents the relationship between God and His church... we must protect it and fight for ours. Read More…

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