Love Requires Work

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Love Requires Work

Love is not magic.

It doesn’t run on autopilot.

And it is definitely not “if it’s meant to be, it will be.”

Love is work.

It’s showing up on days you’d rather check out.

It’s choosing to pray together when talking feels hard.

It’s saying “yes” to service when your body says “rest.”

Singles—don’t just pray for love, prepare for labour… prepare to work it out. Marriage is a responsibility, so you have to be responsible in order to do marriage well. Can you wake up daily and keep choosing one person? Can you plant seeds of kindness even when you’re not in the mood? Can you lose sight of yourself in order to care for another?

Couples—remember, butterflies don’t keep flying forever. You must build the love you have. Think of it as a garden. That therefore means planting, watering, and weeding. Keep planting new memories again and again. Keep pouring into your spouse’s emotional tank. Then water with patience and weed out bitterness and comparison.

Love does not thrive because feelings are always there, but because work never stops.

Let us not grow weary in DOING good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9

Don’t give up. Keep working. That’s how love lasts.

Love Requires Work