LOve Your Spouse Well Week #4 Challenge: Time (& Attention & Listening)

We are at the halfway point of our challenge.  Take a moment and look back at how it has been going for you.  I have to admit, I haven’t done as much as I originally thought I might with this challenge, and yet I have focused on my marriage much more than usual.  And so, I would call that a success.

As we start the downhill portion of our challenge I wanted to give you a heads up that, as the challenge ends on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, you may want to start thinking and praying about a gift to give your spouse.  When I say gift, I would encourage you to customize this for your spouse and situation.  You may buy, make or bake something… You may plan a dinner or adventure… whatever would bless your spouse. 

And that brings me to the challenge of this week:  Expressing love to our spouse by giving them our time.

I think time is the most valuable resource we have.  If I am honest, many things are more likely to get my time and attention than my spouse.  Things like: my kids, friends in crisis, my work, things that need to get done around the house, someone who calls on the phone, email…

I’ve realized that if my spouse is going to get my time and attention I will need to be purposeful about it!

When I thought about loving my spouse through offering them quality time with me, it immediately made me think of also giving them attention and listening to them, so we have challenges in all of these areas this week.

The challenge of the week this week:  Expressing love to our spouse by giving them our time*.



​*We encourage you to check out Gary Chapman's book, The 5 Love Languages, the origin of the Love Languages concept.