Theresa had a stroke 18 years in the past. She misplaced management over her arms. Which suggests for all these years she’s struggled to do easy issues in life, like styling her personal hair. That’s why when she goes to the sweetness salon, she leaves with a smile. She feels stunning.
The difficulty is, as quickly as she washes her hair it falls flat, and she will’t get it to look the best way her stylist does. Which suggests, till her subsequent hair appointment comes round, Theresa doesn’t smile as a lot.
Andrew, Theresa’s husband for practically 45 years, desires her to really feel nice about her hair each day. So, Andrew went to his spouse’s salon and requested for steering. Theresa’s hairstylist identified the hair merchandise he wanted to recreate his spouse’s have a look at house after which taught him easy methods to use them. Andrew spent hours training with a brush, a curling iron, and hair spray. He’s not able to declare himself a grasp hair stylist, however he positive enjoys the smile he sees on Theresa’s face when he does her hair.
Expressions of affection like Andrew’s encourage me. You don’t hear about them fairly often, sadly. Our tradition’s definition of affection usually focuses on what’s good for me as a substitute of what’s good for my partner. Real love takes grit and sacrifice.
It additionally takes humility. Grand gestures of affection and romance have their place in marriage, but it surely’s the little selections you and I make each day that make a great marriage nice and breathe new life into relationships which can be struggling.
On Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, I’m speaking with Ron and Deb DeArmond about deliberately loving your partner via dedication, self-sacrifice, and loving service. Ron and Deb function Affiliate Pastors of Grownup Ministry at Catch the Fireplace in Dallas, Texas and have been married over 40 years.
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