COUPLES DEVOTIONAL: That Lovin Feeling May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 When Barbara and I were working on our book Rekindling the Romance, I went online and typed romance in the Google search engine. Guess how many of the top 10 sites listed were for married couples? One! Makes you wonder if romance has become an endangered experience after marriage. Is it like the way the late comedian Minnie Pearl put it? Gettin marrieds a lot like gettin into a tub of hot water, she said. After you get used to it, it aint so hot. Believe me, it doesnt have to be that way. Sure, there are a lot of barriers to romance in your marriage—primarily the hectic pace of your lives. But you married each other to become intimate partners, not traffic controllers, and that requires time just being together. Barbara and I certainly felt the tug in our own lives when our schedules got crowded and the kids started adding up. With six children constantly chirping with needs, we found that we had to plan regular date nights just to get away by ourselves. Frankly, if we hadnt had this touch point in our lives, our marriage could have easily dissolved into two high-performance people doing their own thing. Existing individually without really sharing life. When our children were little, we would either get a babysitter or wed plan a fun date at home after the kids had gone to bed. Sometimes wed create our own restaurant atmosphere, complete with candlelight and a gourmet meal wed prepared together. When we finally sat down to eat, wed just focus on one another. Dont let the romance slip out of your life. It isnt dependent on the newness of your marriage but only on the freshness of your heart, the tenacious desire not to let the crush of life keep you from having a crush on each other. DISCUSS How could a weekly date night become a reality for you and your spouse? PRAY Ask the Lord to help you both for the creativity and for the perseverance to keep the home fires burning.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:41:42 +0000
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