Grow with Love (Week 6) SEX

Just kidding, we're not talking about sex this week, but as it's the week of Valentine's day, I highly encourage it in your marriage this week. It's always wonderful to have a whole week every year to remember the sweetness of why you chose your husband out of all the men in the world, he is yours forever.

If you're not married or you're hoping to be married, I'll keep it PG here with the activities, but if you are married just let your mind wander and add that extra dash of spice to the dish.

So with that, the Growing with Love this week is how we're keeping things fresh in our marriage and putting our sweet husband first, making him feel like the most special, honored man in the world.

I went to the IF: Gathering this past weekend, a conference for women and simulcast all over the world reaching a half million people. It was a time to sit and be still and just be reminded how much God loves me. IF God actually does love me that deeply then what IF I loved my husband that deeply how would our marriage look different? If I'm not loving him recklessly above everyone else in my life then it really doesn't matter how I love others.

 Loving others starts with furiously, sacrificially loving our husbands. And loving our husbands starts with furiously, sacrificially loving God.

 

God gave me Sam. Sam is my husband until the day I die. Think about that (insert your husband's name), say it out loud, let it sink in. I want my husband to feel like the most loved man. I was challenged this weekend with what LOVE truly looks like.

Jesus came to earth to love his 12 disciples. That's it.  

He came to love them so deeply and sacrificially that it would forever change them and then in turn launch them to go do the same with others. Now 2,000 plus years later, that love and the name of Jesus has spread across the globe and is still being spread to this day. There's a reason revivals are happening around the globe, there's a reason evangelists are going state to state for prayer rallies, there's a reason half a million women are rising up in the IF Gatherings to share the name of Jesus. The reckless love Jesus showed his 12 disciples left such a deep lasting impact that it's still leaving a rippling effect 2,000 years later. 

What IF we really are meant to love with that kind of reckless love because what IF Jesus really was who he said he was?

>IF we really believe in Jesus and the great love he showed then the answer is we are called to love our husbands with that kind of love<

That kind of love is fully knowing our husbands, everything about them, all their past, all their quirks, all their dirt, all their piles of clothes laying around, all their crabby days, everything about them and then looking them deep in the eyes and saying "I am still here pursuing you and I still love you."

::So here's some fun ideas for you to pour love over your husband this week::

 >>Something Sweet<< Lay out his favorite treats on a nicely made bed with fresh sheets and a clean bedroom.

>>Gourmet Delight<<  Surprise him with a babysitter and setup your house with each room being a different "course" in the meal. A wine room, a salad room, an appetizer room, a main course room, and a dessert room. (This is where you married women can let your mind wander and get creative)

>>Fun Getaway<< I got some money from a diaper research study so I booked a room at the waterpark in our downtown, yes it's more of a family night away but he still feels loved that I'm putting in the effort to set aside time for him.

>>Love Letter<< Remind him that you know all his flaws and you still love him anyway. Tell him you appreciate all his hard work. Tell him you're proud of him. Thank him for being a great father and loving husband. Even if he's not all those things all the time, just telling him makes a huge difference and he starts becoming those things more and more. He's not perfect and never will be. We have the power to build up our husbands or. . .break them. We have the power to break the vicious cycle and love them first.

 GO recklessly love that hottie husband of yours because he's the only you got so make it great. As we Grow with Loving them, they grow with loving us back and slowly all those unmet expectations (you know you have them, we all do) start to fade away and we grow deeper in love.