Over the next two Sundays, I will be preaching on marriage, from Colossians 3:18-19. In light of that, I thought it would be helpful, in preparing our hearts, to glean over the next few days from Paul Tripp's wonderful book, What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage (Wheaton: Crossway, 2010).
In chapter 12, Tripp gives some helpful, practical points as to how true, biblical love expresses itself in a marriage:
1. Love is being willing to have your life complicated by the needs and struggles of your husband or wife without impatience or anger.
2. Love is actively fighting the temptation to be critical and judgmental toward your spouse, while looking for ways to encourage and praise.
3. Love is the daily commitment to resist the needless moments of conflict that come from pointing out and responding to minor offenses.
4. Love is being lovingly honest and humbly approachable in times of misunderstanding, and being more committed to unity and love than you are to winning, accusing, or being right.
5. Love is a daily commitment to admit your sin, weakness, and failure and to resist the temptation to offer an excuse or shift the blame.
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