"Love is patient, love is kind." 1 Corinthians 13:4
The most important element in a happy Christian home is LOVE, but what many people think of love is really not the highest form of love of all. It is either 'eros', a feeling inspired by something attractive in its object, or 'phileo', a sense of comradeship and friendship. These sentiments can sustain a relationship for a while and may even bring a degree of happiness, but if a couple aspires to achieve an abundant and abiding joy in their marriage, they will need 'Agape' love; God's kind of love.
'Agape' does not grasp after what it can get, but pursues only what it can give, and it keeps giving even when it gets nothing in return. Each one of us would want to be loved by someone and we always dream or imagine how someone would love us. Receiving love is one of the very basic and important emotional needs in our lives. Let me ask you a simple question, how do you want to love someone? Have you ever thought how you could love someone first instead of how someone could show you love?
We should first try to understand someone before expecting that someone to understand us. Make a difference today; learn to consider the other person. Thank God for the person that God has given you. Pray for your partner every day. Appreciate her or him with all your heart. Be patient and kind in your love. Love her or him from your heart not from your lips. Say what you really mean from your heart. Be gentle and tender hearted to one another. Let go of your pride and be humble to each other. A simple word of "I'm Sorry" and willingness to forgive each other will make your relationship beautiful again.
God loves us so much, He is always patient and kind towards me. He never keeps records of our wrong doing. He forgives us and forgets all the mistakes that we have made. Let us love others as the Lord Jesus loves us, "Love is patient, love is kind." 1 Corinthians 13:4.