WAYS A HUSBAND CAN EXPRESS LOVE TO HIS WIFE

Evaluate the way you express love to your wife.
Read the list below and highlight for yourself ways in which you might express your love to your wife in a more effectual manner.
Ask your wife to go over the list with you and make a checkmark in front of the ways she would like you to express your love.
Then be bold and ask her to add other things to the list.

Ways you may express love to your wife:

• Frequently tell her you love her
• Smile and be cheerful when you come home from work
• Help out with the dishes, the laundry, and any other household chores
• Function as a loving leader of your home
• Take her out to dinner or on a date at least once a week
• Take care of the children for at least three hours every week, so she has free time to do what she wants
• Give her a lingering kiss, expecting nothing in return
• Sit close to her
• Rub back, her neck, or her feet
• Write love notes or letters to her
• Surprise her with flowers or random acts of kindness
• Do the fix-it jobs she wants done around the house
• Let her know you appreciate her and what you appreciate about her
• Play with her, sharing her hobbies and recreational preferences enthusiastically
• Seek to set a good example before her and your children
• Talk about her favorably to the children, both when she can hear you, and when she cannot
• Brag about her good points as a wife in every other area to others, letting her know you are proud of her
• Maintain your own spiritual life through Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and time with God
• Refuse to cop-out, blowup, attack, blame shift, withdraw, or exaggerate when she seeks to make constructive suggestions, or to solve problems
• Give her your undivided attention when she wants to talk
• cheerfully stay up past your bedtime to solve a problem or to share her burdens
• Get up in the middle of the night to take care of the children so that she may continue sleeping
• Hold her close will expressing tangible and vocal support when she is hurt, discouraged, weary, or burdened
• Plan vacations and trips with her
• Help her yourself instead of telling the children to help out
• Be eager to share a good joke or some interesting information you’ve learned
• Share your heart with her on a regular basis
• Keep yourself attractive and clean
• Be cooperative and helpful as a co-host when you have people over for dinner or fellowship

These are some of the ways a man can love his wife in practical, actionable ways.
Many of these are simply decisions to show love through intentional actions.
I believe we can ramp up our love, communication, and our marriage experience by being intentional in these and other areas.
Love is a decision.
What is your decision?

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