I've been thinking and praying about what to write today and after checking my email, I was inspired by a question from a mom regarding balance. God knows this is not an easy thing for any of us but sometimes we just try to do too much :)
When I think about balancing life, I think about the one thing that helped the most and put everything else in perspective and that was date night!! Let me explain my version of date night. It wasn't a family function or friendly commitment that we needed to attend. Those were considered things we had on our calendar but date night just involved the two of us spending quality time together. It could be dinner, a movie, drinks or long talks somewhere we enjoyed. This date night resulted in so many benefits for our whole family. It made us better communicators with each other, it gave us time to understand, reconnect and respect one another better, it set a precedent that the kids expected, and it made us better parents because we had that time to renew ourselves for them. Even in the busiest times, we always made sure to get a babysitter. This one night a week, not only gave us time together but it gave us time away from work, it gave us a break from being parents and it gave us time as a couple to pray and dream about our future.
There will always be house chores, volunteer work, parenting and other commitments to balance but making your marriage a priority gives you and your kids the best gift ever!
Peace and blessings,
Lesa
1 Corinthians 13:7
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