ATTACHED

Could it be that the greatest challenge to your marriage is not financial pressure, conflict management, fear of infidelity, or rebellious children…?

As married couples, life doesn’t seem to get any better than when “the air is clear” and romance is alive. However, pressures and stresses have the potential of causing us to drift apart.  You’ve heard it from other couples before or you may have said it yourself: “We’ve just grown apart…”  Therefore, the most significant aspect to your marriage is staying attached to one another!  And, the Originator and Creator of husband and wife intended for that to be the case: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24, ESV).  They are meant to “hold fast” to one another in every way -  spiritually, emotionally, socially, sexually.  So, the mission of every marriage is to honor the biblical description by maintaining that attachment.  I believe this is lived out as a couple in four particular areas:

1. Conversations – How you talk with each other can create a relational and emotional bond for your marriage.
2. Convictions – What you stand for as a couple serves as safeguards for your marriage.
3. Connections – Who you connect with can encourage or stifle your growth as a couple.
4. Conclusions – Where you are as a couple at the end of the day can add strength and longevity to your marriage.

Analyze your marriage and seek to improve at least one of these areas immediately: schedule a setting for quiet conversation; work together with your spouse to articulate what's of value to your home; take time to write an appreciation card as a couple to someone who has impacted your marriage positively; end the day in kindness to your spouse.  Staying attached takes daily on-purpose effort and must be laced with the sincerity of heart.  Go for it...and God will back you up!