There may not be times in your marriage when you stop loving your wife, but there may be times when you stop liking her. There may be times when you are easily irritated with her, when you just can't get along, or when a kind of despondency enters into the way you think of her and the way you behave toward her.
I'd like to offer a bit of counsel for such times: When you find you don't like your wife, make it your aim to love your wife.
Your temptation in these difficult times will be to assume that your despondent feelings are the result of something she is failing to do—a way she is neglecting to love you, serve you, or honor you. That could be the case and she may well bear a portion of the responsibility.
But what you may fail to consider is that your despondent feelings are actually the result of something you are failing to do. It's always easier to look outside than in, to look to the other than to the self.
The thing about love is that it is more likely to grow cold when you fail to give it than when you fail to receive it. The one sure way to fall out of love with your wife is to stop loving her—to stop doing deeds of love, to stop speaking words of love, to otherwise stop displaying a heart of love.
So when you aren't getting along with your wife, serve her. When you find you are irritated with her, bless her. When you don't really care to be around her, surround her with love and good deeds. Make it your habit to ask her, "How can I make your day better today?" or "What can I do to serve you today?"
Make it your goal to make her day better, to make her life easier, to make her load lighter. In short, love her like Christ loves the church and serve her like Christ serves the church. Whether you feel loved or unloved, whether your heart is warm toward her or cold, love her, serve her, bless her.
You will find that as you serve her, your love will grow. As you act in love, you will feel more love. As you work for her good, your heart will become ever more inclined toward her. Because that's how love works.
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You broke up.
She wanted a relationship with better communication or something like that (you dunno cause you weren't listening)
All that remains of the okayest 6 months of your life is Rafael, the goldfish.
You hate Rafael.
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