No I'm not talking about church, we all know I preach too long to keep us down to an hour anyway. I'm talking about an hour I spent not very long ago.
Rachelle had some time so she and I went and ran a few errands and gulped down some Chik-fil-a. I am reminded of the blessing of my marriage. I am a fortunate guy to have married such an incredible woman.
What I enjoyed was just talking about nothing. With the demands of ministry and parenting, it seems like so much of our talk is directed at some type of need to have a directed conversation. But at least today for one hour, we just enjoyed each other's company not for any other reason than we wanted to.
My Grandpa always talked about the "want to" of marriage. For my grandparents, marriage was a big want to. After 40 plus years of marriage they wanted to hold hands, they wanted to spend every moment they could together. I know they couldn't think of not having that desire in their lives. I have seen that same passion played in the lives of many over the years, and I have seen the other side.
How few of those broken marriages took time to enjoy one good hour with one another? If I had a challenge for any of you blog readers out there, it would be to take one good hour for no real reason and enjoy it with your spouse.
One man + one woman + one God + one hour is a perfect, can't miss recipe.
1 comment:
Thanks for the encouragement to treasure the time with our spouses, Alan. And yes, you did marry a fabulous girl! Behind every great pastor is a tremendous preacher's wife!
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