12 Days To A Love That LastsSample

Boundaries
 

We're two-thirds of the way through our reading and now it's time to focus in on something we've already talked around: boundaries.
 

We know we all have different gifts, all of which are given to us by God. Respecting one another's boundaries is really just a way to honor those gifts. To understand that, while we want unity in our marriages, we don't want lock-step conformity.
 

This also gets back to the idea of rhythms that we talked about a few days ago. Just like we each have our own rhythms, we also have our own interests and responsibilities – and those don't always line up with those of our spouse.
 

That's okay!
 

It's not your job to turn your spouse into another version of you. It's your job to celebrate them for who they are – all of it. Just like today's passage from Proverbs, where we read from the point of view of wisdom personified, we understand that boundaries lead to beauty.
 

And beauty is a key part of a love that lasts.