Love through All Seasons
Growing Closer Together in 31 Days for a Lifetime
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Day 5
Preventing Escalation
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15
Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good. Proverbs 17:13
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.” Galatians 5:14-15
When our spouse hurts our feelings it can be easy to want to retaliate and to make them hurt. But if we do that, we ultimately hurt ourselves more in the process. Do whatever is possible to maintain peace in your relationship. God’s love for us by demonstrating patience and forgiveness is a model to follow on how we treat each other. Instead of using sarcasm or a sharp retort, Proverbs 15:1 notes, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
As part of the Parables in Matthew 5:9 Jesus had said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Your home, your marriage will flourish with the strength of peace. Use the same energy you would respond in anger by responding in love instead. This pivotal action changes the course of your relationship to make it weaker or stronger.
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Are you in a new relationship—and don’t wanna blow it? Or are you in a long-term relationship that you don’t want to lose, or just want to grow stronger? Maybe you’re just not sure that real love exists and unsure why you can’t seem to experience it, or you are afraid to get married because it seems like every marriage ends up in divorce. So where can you turn for guidance and answers?
Author and journalist S. L. Bergmann, in Love Through All Seasons, reveals those common habits that make and break relationships, and outlines the kinds of attitudes that determine success or failure both in the relationship as well as outside of it. With thirty-one days of advice to get you through any season, Love Through All Seasons shows you how rise above what tears us and others down, and it applies biblical truths to a number of thought-provoking issues like love, setting mutual goals, companionship, romance and intimacy, keeping God in your relationship, and more.
Real love exists and can last through all seasons. But to avoid a relationship built on anger, criticism, and other destructive attitudes, couples must be ready to face the challenge and do what it takes to move forward with real love.
About the Author
S.L. Bergmann is an author and journalist who has been published in newspapers, magazines and in Christian books. Visit lovethroughallseasons.com and link to her blog for more information about the author and why she started Love Through All Seasons.