Examine how marriage really takes off when we get some of our highest pleasure from seeing others honor, appreciate, and admire our spouse. This is one step above even selflessness. We’re not merely serving; we’re *showcasing.* That changes our heart toward our spouse and makes him or her feel ev...

*Cherishing* our spouses means honoring them in the most critical moments as well as the most mundane times of life. It means paying attention to their lives as much as we pay attention to our own. We honor our spouses by catching their bids for our attention...by outdoing them with our loving af...

What if we cherished the unique and special traits in our spouse instead of focusing on the things that bother us? What if we took the time to study our spouse? What if we made a covenant with our minds and hearts to cherish our spouse above all others, never comparing our spouse with others in a...

To keep cherishing your spouse, it follows that you must be a good forgiver—a person who is eager to show mercy to others as you have been shown mercy by God. The goal of a cherishing marriage is to know the other person so well that you understand the dark corners and the weak links in one anoth...

If we want to change the way we respond to our spouse, we actually have to *think* about how to cherish and protect. We have to create new "grooves" by being intentional about how we interact. We have to remind ourselves to think about our spouse with delight. In other words, the more we cherish ...

Youth and physical beauty do not define love, and certainly do not sustain love. Your love for your spouse will be sustained as you take steps each day to cherish him or her over a lifetime together. In time, you will find that person becomes increasingly important to you. When you cherish your s...