Excerpted and adapted from The Marriage Prayer (Moody Publishers, Fall 2008)
Some mornings there is dew all over the ground, almost like the remains from a heavy rain. Other days the grass may be nearly dry. Why the difference?
Dew forms when the temperature drops low enough to cause the moisture in the atmosphere to condense. The more water vapor in the air, the higher the temperature at which dew forms. The dryer the air, the colder it has to get.
Romance in a marriage is like dew condensing from the air. If the atmosphere of your marriage is dry, romance is hard to come by. Rather than being romantic, small actions toward one another—a smile, a word, a held hand—can seem forced or even manipulative. More..
