Life gets hectic, and when it does, it’s easy for our marriages to quickly be put on the back burner. Maybe it’s a busy season at work, you’re in the middle of a house project, the kids’ events and games are piling up, or you’re starting to feel overwhelmed with all that the holiday season brings.
When this happens, how do you make time for intimacy with your spouse? How do you connect emotionally, mentally, and spiritually in the midst of chaos? We’re sharing our tips below, but I want to hear what has worked in your marriage when you realize you need to get back on track.
Check out this great Crosswalk article that lists ideas for prioritizing your marriage and how to spend meaningful time together:
How do you make time for God in a hecktic lifestyle, how do you make time for what is important?
I think it always starts with the recognition of priorities, then with making of time for those important events.
Practical points to put All important dates into ones phone calender with audible alarms and to be in the habit of consulting it when making buisness appointments.
Another vital habit is to always have breakfast with ones wife. Communication at this point in the day sets the tone for ones relationship with her for the rest of the day.
Yes a successful career will mean long hours, but seting key points, like a friday when one is always home in time for tea with the kids, to do the youth club run and be there for bathnight and friday bedtime stories not only builds a relationship with them but with your wife.
It will affect your career, employers won’t their high flyers 24/7 and the Christian is automaticly ruling out that commitment for Sundays and limiting their commitment on at least another day of the week.
One has to count the cost of being committed to Jesus and to ones family.
