Challenge #55

Were you able to come up with something to sacrifice for your spouse yesterday? Whether it be something simple as time or money, or something more complex like a hobby or a relationship, these things matter. We should not only be willing to sacrifice for our spouse, but we should also be finding more ways to do so! Whatever you work for, sacrifice for, put your time, money, and effort into, is what you value. This is what you treasure; this is where your heart is. Shouldn't this be your spouse?

We have to be careful not to put more energy into other relationships above our relationship with our spouse. There is only one relationship that should come before your spouse and that is your relationship with God. All other relationships are secondary to your husband or wife. We also have to be careful not to put more effort into our hobbies or extracurricular activies than we put into our relationship with our spouse.

This may be surprising, but time management is very crucial to a marriage! If you are not dedicating and setting aside time for increasing the intimacy in your relationship with your spouse, you both are in danger of isolation. Today's challenge is to take a few minutes to look over your daily/weekly routine. Identify where the majority of your time is spent. If time with your spouse has not been a priority in your routine, seek and find periods of time in your day in which you can better include your spouse.