“You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,” (Psalm 30:11 NIV)
Enjoy your spouse. Enjoy their company, enjoy their love, enjoy the intimacy. It’s ok.
A lot of us think that because we are Christians, we need to constantly be reverent. Where then is the joy? There is JOY in Christ. There is joy in the freedom of the cross. There is joy in the grace and mercy and forgiveness that the Father gives to us. Why stifle it? Why repress it until it dissolves?
Dance. Sing. Play. Do it with your spouse. God gave us this covenant; bonding two people into one. God told us to love; God told us to give ourselves over to the other. It’s not supposed to be a chore. Enjoy it. Go play with your spouse. Go dancing. Laugh. Sing in the rain. Shout and scream off mountaintops. Why not? God gave him to you. God gave her to you – for all time.
Show your children what it means to experience joy. Love your spouse openly, so your children see the love between two people and that it is good, and godly and not the sin that pervades society. Show them that this love is a better, longer, stronger love than what they are sold as love by their peers.
God, thank you for my spouse. Thank you for giving me someone I can live with, laugh with and love. Thank you for revealing to me that it’s ok to feel joy in every aspect of my life and that I don’t need to live in solemn reverence just to love you. I can love you out loud. Thank you so much for that.
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