One Year Bible – Day 27

S – Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

Proverbs 5:18 CSB

O – “Pleasure” – 

sâmach,  to brighten up, i.e. (fig.) be (caus. make) blithe or gleesome:— cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy (-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, × very.

The New Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew and Greek Words 

A – Although there is a sexual undertone of wisdom in the verses leading up to this verse, the “pleasure” has a wider application.  After 35 years of marriage, the joy, elation and completeness that comes with a marriage centered on Christ has a wide application.  It isn’t perfect, but it encompasses all that we do together.  And, gives us a confident foundation when we are apart.

R – Lord, thank you for the gift of my wife.  I am grateful for the confidence and trust we have established over the years.  You are the center of our marriage.  You have blessed as a couple and in our individual walks with you.