Love In Every Season – Summer
It’s getting hot out there! Summer has arrived (well, I guess not officially, but it is getting warmer out there). Flowers are in bloom, the days are much longer, and the evenings are warm and still. Ohhh… the season of summer. How lovely it is.
This week is the fourth and final segment of the Love In Every Season series — Summer. It’s the season where things heat up.
The season of summer in relationships is where people become “yoked” together — a pairing, a coupling, a binding together as one. It’s where two people become a team, working side by side. And for a relationship to thrive, that team needs to be strong.
So, what makes a good team?
- Compatibility — in personalities, strengths, values, and dispositions. Both people must be willing and able to pull forward together. If one person continually weakens the bond, the relationship becomes much harder to sustain and struggles may occur.
- The ability to work together — solving problems together, showing compassion together, and refusing to give up on one another. Strong teams stand side by side, especially during difficult seasons – and we read in past Love In Every Seasons that there will be struggles.
- Commitment — being matched with someone who doesn’t throw in the towel at the first sign of struggle. Someone who walks hand in hand with you, step by step, taking their vows and promises seriously. Someone who is strong enough to get through the ‘Winter’ season and thrive in the ‘Summer’ season
The author of the Love In Every Season Bible App devotional explains that summer is the season where we begin shedding our layers and allowing ourselves to be truly known on a deeper level. We experience emotional intimacy, the heat of physical intimacy, and the fire of spiritual intimacy.
But with that vulnerability comes responsibility.
Just as we must be cautious in the summer sun to avoid getting burned, we also need to take care in our relationships — being mindful not to wound or ‘burn’ our spouse or become wounded ourselves. Learning how to navigate emotional, physical, and spiritual intimacy well is essential. It’s where grace comes in. It’s where compassion enters. It’s where unconditional love takes over.
With the heat of summer comes a choice:
Will we comfortably shed our layers and allow ourselves to be vulnerable in order to grow? Or, will we burn in the fire of incompatibility?
What do you choose?
As summer enters its hottest days, relationships can also enter seasons of deeper passion and connection. Most of us want to fuel the fire that brought us together in the first place. So let those sparks fly. Let love sizzle in the ordinary day-to-day moments…. because when nurtured well, summer love doesn’t have to burn out — it can burn brighter.
So, starting today in this first week of June – enter summer with a whole new passion for your loved one. Have some fun. Laugh long and hard. Grab each other’s hands and walk together – bonded, connected, and committed. You made it through all of the seasons together and now, let that bright love shine for others to see.
Did you miss the other three seasons in Love In Every Season? If so, click the photo links below and read about Fall, Winter and Spring love.
