Today's Dare: Remove anything that is hindering your relationship, any addiction or influence that's stealing your affections and turning your heart away from your spouse.This dare speaks to me because I know what it feels like to have your needed affection given to an addiction/influence. It hurts, I know, when you are not the priority that you should be. Its miserable to be in the same room, even seated next to someone and because of an outside influence you feel lonely and neglected. I know, your saying "You can't be the center of attention all of the time." That's not what I am saying at all. What I am saying is that sometimes things like the TV, the computer, your cell phone, your IPad, etc, become barriers to intimacy and when they start to interrupt your relationship and begin to take precedence then there is a problem.
I know people don't think TV or Facebook or Twitter would be considered addictions, but if you can't pull yourself away for a few hours and unplug from the world then maybe you might rethink what an addiction actually is. When you start choosing whatever that thing is over your spouse or significant other then there is a problem. When you spend more time with whatever it is then your spouse or significant other there especially is a problem.
I realize that I might be different then some women because my love language is quality time, but I think I speak for all women when I say, "Intimacy doesn't always have to be physical." But just as a mention to all my male readers, "Emotional intimacy leads to physical intimacy."
Choose today to reorder your priorities, remembering that inanimate objects shouldn't come before your spouse.
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