Verse 1
Day after day, the small things remain,
A word can bring healing, a word can bring pain.
Supporting each other when burdens are near,
Encouraging softly when hearts bend with fear.

Listening deeply, with patience and care,
Accepting each other with hearts open there.
Where criticism wounds and blaming divides,
Love chooses patience and stands side by side.

Chorus
Building with love, not tearing apart,
Guarding the covenant, guarding the heart.
Support, encourage, listen, and receive,
Trust one another, respect, and believe.

When differences rise, let kindness remain,
Choose understanding instead of disdain.
For a marriage is built in the choices we make,
In the love that we give and the care that we take.

Verse 2
Trust is a shelter where two hearts can rest,
Respect is the honor that brings out the best.
Not threatening, punishing, bending with fear,
But speaking with gentleness, drawing hearts near.

Not nagging for power or bribing control,
But seeking agreement that strengthens the whole.
Negotiating differences, gentle and wise,
Finding a pathway where harmony lies.

Chorus
Building with love, not tearing apart,
Guarding the covenant, guarding the heart.
Support, encourage, listen, and receive,
Trust one another, respect, and believe.

When differences rise, let kindness remain,
Choose understanding instead of disdain.
For a marriage is built in the choices we make,
In the love that we give and the care that we take.

Verse 3
A home may look peaceful although love grows cold,
While blame fills the rooms and contempt takes its hold.
The Father has called us to honor with grace,
To kindness and mercy in every shared place.

To build up with words that bring courage and peace,
To forgive and be tender, let bitterness cease.
For covenant faithfulness lives in the way
We choose one another again every day.

Bridge [Female Voice every other line(sentence) with Male Voice following!]

Supporting, not crushing.
Encouraging, not blaming.
Listening, not silencing.
Accepting, not shaming.

Trusting, not threatening.
Respecting, not controlling.
Negotiating through each difference with care,
Choosing the habits that keep love alive there.

Final Chorus

Building with love, not tearing apart,
Guarding the covenant, guarding the heart.
Support, encourage,  listen, and receive,
Trust one another, respect, and believe.

When differences rise, let kindness remain,
Choose understanding instead of disdain.
For a marriage is built in the choices we make,
In the love that we give and the care that we take.

Outro [Prayerfully softer and worshipful]

So teach us, Dear Father, in all that we say,
To choose what gives life at the start of each day.
Let our homes become places of safety and peace,
Where trust can grow stronger, and sorrow decrease.

Seven habits of caring, repeated in love,
Can mirror the kindness You send from above.
And where two hearts in heaven’s purpose align,
Their covenant blossoms with joy divine.