In our weekend devotions this month, we’ve looked at the four Greek words often translated into English as love: agape, philia, storge, and now eros. This word conveys the physical dimension of the love between a husband and wife. In the Bible, we find the most vivid description of this kind of love in Song of Solomon. That little book is placed in Scripture to describe the joyous intimacy God intends for the marriage partnership.

Of course, intimacy isn’t just confined to the bedroom. Marriage isn’t an easy relationship, and we have to work on it. There’s a lot of benefit that comes from simple things like holding hands on a walk, hugging over the kitchen sink, greeting each other with a warm and spontaneous smile at the end of the workday, and letting the other choose the restaurant or television program.

This weekend, remember that marriage needs constant effort and humility. Like the old quote says: “Marriage requires falling in love many times, and always with the same person.”

If a man doesn’t treat his wife right, I don’t want to hear him talk about Christianity.
D. L. Moody