A Biblical Perspective on Loving Your Husband for Over 20 Years

loving your husband and what that looks like.

The Storm - Lee Fridinger

7/5/20232 min read

A Biblical Perspective on Loving Your Husband for Over 20 Years

A Biblical Perspective on Loving Your Husband for Over 20 Years

Loving your husband for over 20 years from a biblical perspective means embracing the commitment and dedication that comes with marriage. It is about cherishing and honoring the vows made before God and establishing a strong foundation based on love, trust, and respect. It involves selflessness, forgiveness, and the ability to put the needs and desires of your husband before your own. This perspective encourages open communication, understanding, and seeking God's guidance in every aspect of the relationship. It means being a supportive partner, offering encouragement, and being a source of stability during both the good and challenging times. Loving your husband for over 20 years biblically also means recognizing the importance of prayer, seeking God's wisdom, and continuously growing together in faith.

Here are a few scriptures from the Bible that may offer guidance and inspiration for loving your husband in a marriage that has lasted over 20 years:

- "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

- "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." - Genesis 2:24

- "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous." - Hebrews 13:4

- "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." - Ephesians 5:25

- "Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." - 1 Corinthians 7:5

Remember to always seek God's guidance and wisdom in your marriage, and to continue to grow together in faith.

-The Storm