This Sunday at Central as we are learning about Revolutionary Families and to be Christians who stand apart from the world, we are looking at marriage. I know, you know (or you need to know) that Marriage Matters, so I am taking today as a preview to Sunday and to encourage you to focus on your marital relationship.  If you are not married, file this information away for when you are married.

Here is a simple list of five things that you can do today that are mostly free (one of them may cost a few dollars) to communicate to your husband or wife their importance to you.

1. At some point today, take a moment to send an email, text message, Facebook message, or voice-mail to your husband or wife just to say, “I love you.”
2. On your way to home today, stop by a convenience store or florist (one flower is enough for this exercise) and pick-out a small surprise for your spouse on the way home.
3. Make an embrace and a kiss the FIRST thing you do when you see each other this evening.
4. Do something unexpected (do a chore that they usually do – laundry, dishes, garbage, etc.)
5. Hold hands while taking an evening walk together.

Have a great marriage.

– Scott