marriage in the midst of the urgent

Sometimes in the thick of living this life, we can really get our best priorities lost in the mix. It is so easy to do. Most of us don't lose our way on purpose, we just get off track. The urgent seems to carry a louder voice than the values of greatest importance. We can find ourselves saying something like this, "My marriage is ok, it is solid. I can throw myself into these other things and there won't be a problem". Because the urgent rarely lets up it's relentless demand, what was originally intended to be a short diversion becomes a lifestyle of neglect of our marriage. The ramifications are devastating. We need help to get re-focused, get healed and get headed down the right road with our eyes fixed upon the best priorities.

Ramona and I are really excited and committed to this upcoming Southgate Love Dare. We hope that 100 couples will take the challenge to upgrade their relationship over a 40 day period of time. Our hope is that you and your spouse will be among them. We have found that if we don't guard our relationship and invest in each other on purpose, we get weaker as a couple. How about you? We hope to see you at the movie night at Southgate on Feb. 13th at 7pm when we watch the movie "Fireproof" and put out the challenge for couples to take the Love Dare. This is really going to change things, so get ready!!!