Drink from your own rain barrel.

A marriage between a man and a woman is God’s way for romance and sexual intimacy. That’s the “well” everybody can drink from (their own marriage). Cultivate an enduring relationship with your spouse you choose when you were young. Never take the relationship for granted. Marriage romance and intimacy is a treasure God gave you, give it care and love diligently every day of your life. Romance and intimacy is like a little plant: if you don’t water it constantly, it will die. Your romantic love needs constant nurture.

Do you know the saying, “Drink from your own rain barrel,

   draw water from your own spring-fed well”?

It’s true. Otherwise, you may one day come home

   and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.

Your spring water is for you and you only,

   not to be passed around among strangers.

Bless your fresh-flowing fountain!

   Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!

Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose—

   don’t ever quit taking delight in her body.

   Never take her love for granted!

Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore?

   for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?

(Prov.5:15-20 MSG)

Prayer: Thank You, Lord, for the marriage You gave me. It is a costly treasure I should always value. Let me be constant in nurturing this relationship and to become one as Your Word says. I want Your name to be glorified in my marriage relationship, for your glory, for our own benefit, for the benefit of our children and for the benefit of everybody who knows us.