What's All This About?

On any given week, you can assume we have: worked full time, played soccer, spent a few hours at our cross fit gym, been to community group, bible study, Church, and have probably engaged in some other social activities with friends, most likely while enjoying good food or drink.  So, why wouldn't we add one more thing to our weekly to-do list?

 

Well, our goal is for us not to consider this thing as simple as another item on our to-do list.  Our marriage is one of the most important things in our lives, so why wouldn't we want to spend more time investing in it!?  We are privileged enough to spend a significant amount of time together.  However, we decided to challenge ourselves to be a little bit more intentional with some of that time. So, here we are embarking on a year long challenge to do just that.  

We will spend this year, 2015, making time to take one another on dates.  Each week one of us will be responsible for planning and executing a 'date' for the two of us.  It can be elaborate, or it can be something simple.  See the rules here.  

 

Are you married? If so, do you remember back to the days of dating your spouse? Do you remember what it was like the first time they took you out to the place that became your favorite restaurant, or took you on a surprise outing to the beach, or cooked you a six course meal at home AND did the dishes? Do you remember that feeling of getting ready for that matinee or dinner date?  Our goal is to look back to the purpose of a date.  That purpose is to know each other.  As a married couple it's easy to think that you know everything about your spouse, but we don't.  While we hope to have some fun doing these things, we also want to use this is opportunity to spend time being thoughtful and deliberate in our marriage.

Our hope is that we will grow as a couple and deepen our relationship on an emotional and spiritual level.  And hey, building intimacy in marriage is never a bad thing!