During courtship, we can be charmed by someone’s good looks,
attentiveness or
flattery. All of that can be fleeting. Over the course of a marriage, the real
person breaks through. Perhaps as your marriage ages, your spouse’s outward
appearance starts to change. Your spouse grays, loses hair or gains a little
weight. Perhaps the two of you fall into a rut, and the special treatment that
marked your dating period begins to wane. That’s when we need to remember what
the Lord said to Samuel about focusing on what’s in the heart rather than
what’s physically noticeable.
The success of a marriage comes, not in finding who we think initially is the
“perfect” person for us, but in our willingness to adjust to the real person
we married.
flattery. All of that can be fleeting. Over the course of a marriage, the real
person breaks through. Perhaps as your marriage ages, your spouse’s outward
appearance starts to change. Your spouse grays, loses hair or gains a little
weight. Perhaps the two of you fall into a rut, and the special treatment that
marked your dating period begins to wane. That’s when we need to remember what
the Lord said to Samuel about focusing on what’s in the heart rather than
what’s physically noticeable.
The success of a marriage comes, not in finding who we think initially is the
“perfect” person for us, but in our willingness to adjust to the real person
we married.
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