Love is both action and attitude. Beware of becoming the type of person who performs acts of service, but betrays a wrong attitude by grumbling, complaining, or constantly calling attention to every sacrifice. He was commenting on the response of a young wife to her husband who had come home from the war. The soldier, severely wounded, had extensive facial disfigurement and was missing two limbs. Yet she warmly welcomed him back and would not think of leaving him.
Love accentuates the positive.
It will be easier to serve your spouse if you focus on his or her strong points. True love endures. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. So many things were against them. Yet they raised five children, survived the Great Depression, and lived to see a day when nearly half of all marriages end in divorce.