Over the next six months, I will be meditating on marriage, with a post a week about what marriage means, how we should approach marriage and deal with challenges that arise in marriage, using the 26 letters of the alphabet as a guide – as well as building on Scripture.  I hope you will join me and learn and grow with me.  And I pray that the singles reading will enter marriage more prepared, and those already married, will savour their unions and grow in love and understanding towards one another.

This week’s letter is ‘A’, and there are many words beginning with A that would be great to start with, but for me, the best is ‘Appreciation’.  It is an all encompassing word, because when you appreciate someone, it shows you accept them for who they are, and you will show affection towards them and also give them the attention they deserve.  Another great word is “Agreement”, but there are other words synonymous in meaning that we can use later on.

Appreciation of your spouse is the basest and most primary duty you owe to your wife or husband…

Read more at https://blog.ufuomaee.org/the-marriage-abcs-a-for-appreciation/