To Love Your Husband
As a new bride, it’s so easy to get swept up in the honeymoon glow — the romance, the butterflies, the excitement of building a new life together. But as beautiful as those moments are, marriage is so much more than the bubble that surrounds those early days.
Looking back on my first year of marriage, I’ve realised something important: marriage truly is what you make of it. So many couples told me that the first year would be the hardest, but for my husband and me, it wasn’t. In fact, it was one of the most incredible seasons of my life. That made me pause and ask myself why. What made the difference?
The answer is surprisingly simple: choose to outserve each other. Love fiercely. Give more than you take. In other words — love sacrificially.
Because love, real love, isn’t just a feeling. It’s a choice. Every single day you get to decide how you will show love to your spouse. Will you choose to listen and obey even when you don’t feel like it? Will you choose to honour your husband and speak well of him when it would be easier to join in on gossip with friends? Will you put his needs before your own, trusting that he will do the same for you?
The truth is, every choice you make adds up to the sum of your marriage. So let me ask you: What choices are you making? Are they choices that reflect deep love for your husband, or are they choices that point to something else?
Marriage doesn’t have to be hard; granted, sometimes it can be. But in the sweet moments and the difficult ones, it can be joyful, life-giving, and full of grace — when you choose to love your husband well – all for the glory of God.