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Day 34: Spouses

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There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. –John 15:13

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Husbands and wives lay down their lives in a unique way.

We’re all called to love, but marital love is especially sacrificial. On your wedding day, you can’t predict what you’ll face in the future as a husband or wife.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t prepare for it.

How can you prepare right now?

Spend time with people who are already in healthy, holy marriages.

Proverbs 10:14 says that wise people treasure knowledge.

But it’s important to be selective when you collect knowledge.

"Stay away from fools, for you won’t find knowledge on their lips." –Proverbs 14:7

We become like the people who surround us—so it’s up to us to surround ourselves with people who are wise, and who remind us of Jesus.

Seek people whose lives shine His light into the world. Seek people whose marriages illustrate His love for us.

Someday, you may apply what you learn from trusted friends’ marriages to your own marriage.

It’s important for you to encounter good marriages for another reason, too. When you witness husbands and wives loving each other like Christ loves the church, you are reminded that Christ loves you like that.

As a good husband would do for his wife, Jesus laid down His life for you.

As spouses who cherish each other, He put your good ahead of His own.

As a healthy, holy, happy married couple enjoys each other, He enjoys spending time with you. He has already shown you the greatest possible love.

And He still has more of that love to give you.

Pray

Lord, I am so grateful that good marriages remind me of Your love, which is what I truly seek. Thank You so much for loving me.

Reflect

Whose marriage do you truly admire? In what ways does their marriage remind you of Christ’s love for you? What characteristics of their marriage do you aspire to see someday in your own? Ask them how they fostered those traits.