Did your honeymoon end the day you got home from it? I imagine that is the case for most because the divorce rate is so high. What do you think would happen to your marriage if one night you tried to recreate an evening or a certain part of your honeymoon as a surprise for your spouse? I bet they would be amazed and very touched! I know that real life takes over after the honeymoon and it is hard to find the time to have these “honeymoon moments” but I think it is important to revive the romance every month! A date night of just the 2 of you snuggled on the couch watching a netflix movie can revive the romance just as well. I think half of what makes something romantic is the time involved. It lets the other person know they were thought about and makes them feel special. Below is a snippet from a story…I suggest you click the link and read the whole story!
What part of your honeymoon would you recreate if you could?
I was torn about not doing a honeymoon the way people expected us to (“You’re going to serve refugees for a honeymoon?”) and still wondering if we were actually better off married to live out what Jesus taught.
Partly to assuage my guilt for not jetting off to Cabo for a typical honeymoon, partly to keep some honest joy and celebration as we went about serving, and partly just to push the future and the magnitude of our commitment out of my mind, I started saying, “The honeymoon never ends!” I made up my mind that we were going to make sure we kept having a great time, finding romantic moments and places, exploring this great big fun world together. At a minimum, it meant putting a romantic spin on Amazing Days. And maybe it would even move us to live out more Amazing Days, to exercise more faith and to have a marriage that mattered.
Initially, this shift into “married mode” was hard and didn’t seem like it was giving us more Amazing Days. But “the honeymoon never ends” was a step for us toward more Amazing Days and more adventurous and better living. It was a proclamation of joyous hope that our being married would make us more capable and effective than we were while single. I doubted it sometimes, but this silly phrase gave me a scimitar to slash at the doubts.
via The Honeymoon Never Ends, Christian Engagement, Newlywed Couples.
