The Love That is Good for Every Day

By Virgilia Lima

Love That Is Good for Every Day: Daily Devotionals for Married Couples

The true meaning of life is in loving God and neighbor, no matter who you are or what you do. The important thing is to love because love is the perfect ingredient that gives the most important seasoning of any meaningful relationship and is fundamental to a true life in Jesus Christ because your quality of life is directly related to the amount of love that flows in you and through you to others. Although often overlooked, love is worth much more than riches and fame or honor or lust; these things will pass, but love remains. You can feel satisfied without the other things but not without love. The absence of love will leave a crushing void. When your spirituality is not present, your works become selfish and insincere. If love is not the motivation, it will be unbridled without love and unsatisfactory and will be meaningless.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781662493416

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The Love That is Good for Every Day

Virgilia Lima

Copyright © 2021 Virgilia Lima

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2021

ISBN 978-1-66249-339-3 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-66249-341-6 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

The challenge of writing these devotionals calls for courage and guts. Sometimes what I share here will seem impossible, but in this life, nothing comes easy. My mom had a saying: It’s not just about blowing and making bottles. With those words, she meant that in this life, everything costs. For me, that saying is true. If we dare, we will be more than winners.

And to accept this challenge that God gives us all, we must be fully aware of what it means to make a firm decision without hesitation because God is not to be trifled with. The greater purpose is to enrich and improve your relationship with God and your spouse through a daily time of prayer, Bible reading, and action. Some will say, I can’t do that. Maybe we can’t do it on our own, but remember, all things are possible to him who believes (Mark 9:23).

Sometimes it will be very hard, but do not faint and do not throw in the towel because then, you will be naked without protection, like a magnet to which the diseases in the air stick. Then you will lose the greatest benefit because this challenge is only for the brave, and in Christ, we are brave. Commit yourself to God.

If you complete this reading, the results will be amazing, and you could transform your life and your marriage. These devotionals are based on the principles of the original book and the ancient book, the Bible, and its deeper studies. A daily devotional time is part of a living and loving relationship between you and God. Whether you read this book alone or with your spouse, you should prayerfully ask God to speak to you because his goal is to improve your understanding of biblical principles and to whet your appetite to search the Scriptures more deeply on your own (John 5:39).

Either way, it requires a sincere view of your marriage situation and your relationship with God. God uses marriage to help us eliminate loneliness and to multiply our effectiveness in establishing families, raising children, and enjoying life and the blessings of marriage. It also shows us the need to grow and deal with our own problems and selfishness, with the help of a partner for life (Genesis 2:18). If we are willing to obey, we will learn the most important thing in life: love. This powerful union will provide the way for you to learn to love another imperfect person unconditionally. That’s wonderful, but it’s hard; it’s also transformative. As God did, he loved us by sending his Son, Jesus Christ, to rescue us (John 3:16). This book is about love that counts and learning to do whatever it takes to strengthen and reaffirm God’s purpose for marriage and daring to do it. If you accept the challenge, you must have the vision to guide your heart to a better way. The Bible says, The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9). The heart will always seek to do what seems best to it at the right time.

In this sense, it is not that you try to change your spouse to be the way you want him or her to be but to explore and