Now that I type these down and look at them, we really need to love our spouse by working in all of these areas.
Marriage is a continual learning experience where there are no experts.
We desperately need to educate ourselves more on marriage and then act on our new found skills. Our spouse will love us for it and we will find more happiness in our marriage. Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. If you are starting a new house, or even renovating an existing one, you better start with the blueprints. I believe that the Raineys are correct when they say that staying true to God's blueprint for marriage is the ingredient for lasting love.