photo from The American Thinker

I love quotes by people who are smarter than me – that’s most of the population…but let’s not focus on my lack.  🙂  There are people who say deep and profound things that reveal a level of understanding with which I must purpose to think long and hard.  It is good for us to do this together as a couple.

Finding ways to stimulate our minds is an excellent exercise in cultivating intimacy in marriage. Left to ourselves we could easily veg in front of the television week after week only to realize decades have passed and our relationship is years long, but only an inch deep.  Reading good quotes doesn’t require much time, like say a good book would, but the conversation it stirs can be just as beneficial as a best seller.

A friend posted this quote as her status on Facebook yesterday, and I believe it is worth thinking about with your spouse:

“Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained by discipline.”

– Oswald Chambers

What does spontaneity look like in your relationship?  Are you spontaneous, or are you one who goes by the book in planning all you do?  Both are important, and both must be cultivated.  Whichever is your natural bent – purpose to strengthen the other.  This will stretch your thinking, your planning and most importantly your love.

Do you have any good quotes you’d like to share?  Please do so…hopefully it will make us think a little deeper about things that matter most creating a rich soil from which strong marriages are sure to grow.