The Five Love Languages

Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work. ~Author Unknown

Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickner

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~Doug Larson

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly. ~Peter De Vries

Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles explained the purposes of physical intimacy in marriage: “Within the enduring covenant of marriage, the Lord permits husband and wife the expression of the sacred procreative powers in all their loveliness and beauty within the bounds He has set. One purpose of this private, sacred, intimate experience is to provide the physical bodies for the spirits Father in Heaven wants to experience mortality. Another reason for these powerful and beautiful feelings of love is to bind husband and wife together in loyalty, fidelity, consideration of each other, and common purpose”

Food for thought:

Let's be realistic - marriage is not all kissey faces and goo-goo eyes, it's work - hard work and it takes continual effort to make it work.

Even though we may be striving to be together for eternity, doesn't mean it comes any easier and divorce can sometimes enter the picture, but think about...

“There was a time I let the word divorce into my vocabulary, and once you say it, it becomes a part of you and suddenly it consumes you. I was very close to divorce, and I was sure I no longer loved my husband. All I could think of was ME, and what I deserved, and everything I gave to him was attached to the condition that I get something in return. I am not sure that is the reason it wasn’t returned-no one likes to receive with expectations. Every moment at home, all I did was complain of not having enough. I spent so much time wondering what was in it for me, that I didn’t see just how much I already had!” - by By Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Remember back when dates were the most important element of our life and held a high status over all else. {WINK} Being at the top of our lists, the focus on dating helped us fall MADLY in love with the persons we now call our DEAR spouses. Since those dating years some of us have had children, finished school, started careers, and quite simply have embarked on what we know now as, “The Married Life”. We all know that marriage can become TOO comfortable {a.k.a. routine} and dating your amazing spouse – the way you did when first falling in love… is the sure-fire way to keep that SPARK in marriage!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

The Five Love Languages

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