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Marriage\u2026whew! Earlier in my adult life, I always cringed at the observation that marriage is work<\/em>. It didn\u2019t look like work, and having the opportunity to share life with your special person seemed more joy than labor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I got married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is joy and it is work\u2026not in the dull, redundant sort of work we may have from time to time\u2026but as in the challenging, invigorating, problem-solving, \u201cin it to win it\u201d kind of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of us have benefited from good marriage advice through the years and seasons.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favorite marriage advice actually comes out of Bible verses not usually considered for this purpose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have left your first love. Remember<\/strong> therefore from where you have fallen; repent<\/strong> [return<\/strong>] and do [repeat<\/strong>] the first works.\u201d \u2013 Revelation 2:4b-5a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These words were actually spoken<\/a> by the risen and reigning Messiah, Jesus, in a vision given to the Apostle John. The words were actually spoken in rebuke and, maybe, compassion for the relatively young church at Ephesus. The believers had become complacent, almost mechanical<\/a> in their worship and allegiance to God, standing by in a city where idolatry was flourishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Jesus’ rebuke was a recipe for restoration. He, through John’s vision and writing, was calling the church back to a refreshed relationship with Himself. His counsel rings wise and true for any of us…if we have lost our first love in the Lord, or our first love with a spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re in a season when your marriage just feels flat, like you\u2019re a couple of roommates, like the love you have seems faded, like you’re even considering a way out and not forward\u2026then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n