One Thing to Grow Your Marriage Each DaySample

Are distractions eating away at your marriage? 

Devotional Content: 

Just six months into our marriage, when Nancy and I decided that we had to be more purposeful with our time together, it was a pretty easy decision. I had work and she had college, but we did not have many other distractions to deal with. A few years later that changed when we had kids, we had volunteer work, we were involved in church, and we were tired. None of our distractions were bad in and of themselves, yet they took time away from our marriage. We were saying yes to good things, but every “yes” meant a “no” for our time together. We began to look at our schedules to see what we could change. 

First, we agreed to limit volunteer work and to not sign up for everything that came along in our church. Then we looked at the time we spent with our kids. They were truly our greatest blessing, but we were not doing a very good job of setting aside time for each other amid the demands of parenting. Then we discovered a truth that was huge for us: If we were going to model a healthy marriage for our kids, they needed to see us making time for each other a priority. How could we expect them to grow up and value time with their spouse if they did not see us do that? Now what about you? What are the distractions in your marriage? Are they controlling you or are you controlling them? What is your first step in dealing with your distractions?

Today’s One Thing: Together identify a distraction in your marriage and decide how you can keep it from affecting your marriage.