Distractions in Your Marriage - Part 1Sample

Detours

Devotional Content:

Just as you notice exit signs while driving down the marriage highway, you also notice there are detour signs. Detour signs may have the same names as many of the exit signs, but there are differences between the two of them. Detours are usually good things that we allow to distract us in our marriages for a while, but they are going in the same direction as the marriage highway and eventually actually lead us back to the highway. Unlike the exits, detours allow a husband and wife to stay in the same car.

Lots of good things can happen on detours. For example, kids are a real blessing in our lives. As a couple, raising kids together is a lot of work, but if we do it together, our marriage grows through the experience. If we do not, though, we may find ourselves getting in separate cars and heading for an exit. The same can be true for work, church, extended family—all these things can be good detours in our lives if we handle them together and not let them lead us to separate lives.

Bottom line: The marriage highway has bumps, a few potholes, and detours. If your commitment is to stay in the same car and figure out how to handle these obstacles together, you are building an awesome marriage.

Today’s Challenge: If you are in a “detour” time of your marriage, what is one way to grow your marriage in this stage of life?

Going Deeper:

1. Dr. Kim shared that detours can be good distractions in our life if we handle them together. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being very well and together. How would you rate how you and your spouse handle the distractions in your life?

2. List out your top 3 “detours.”

3.How does your spouse fit into those detours? Do you work together?

4. What is one thing you can do this week to make sure you stay focused on working through detours together as a husband and wife team?

5. Pray and ask God to help you be united as a team when it comes to the “detours” of life.