A big part of doing marriage well is working at it consistently. But as with most of what we discuss here, every marriage is different. And what working at it consistently means won’t be the same for every couple.
Years ago, when I made a living doing landscape and irrigation in Texas, I didn’t have a lot of work during the winter months, often no more than twenty hours a week. Then come April I would do sixty or seventy hours a week for the entire month. So April was about surviving. Lori and I would frequently say to each other, “It’s April”. This was not an excuse, it was a reminder that it was just a season. It was also a promise to reconnect and move forward when the season was done.
Your marriage can weather a month of minimal connection. It might survive six months. But at some point, real damage starts to pile up. A healthy marriage requires spending time together. You need time to talk. You need time to do things together. You need time for intimacy, including but not limited to sexual intimacy.
How often does life keep you from having the time you need for a good marriage? If it’s happening for too long or too often, how are you going to change that? What do you need to sacrifice so your marriage is not sacrificed?
~ This is Paul, reminding you that a good marriage takes time.
While I was gone, Lori learned about freeze-drying, and then applied that to apples,
They are very light and airy, and taste great. A nice low cal snack.
Image Credit: © Paul H Byerly created with ideogram.ai & Lori Byerly
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