Do you have some other couple friends who may need to spice up their date nights this summer, too? Ask them to tag along as you hit the movies or ask if they want to join you as you hit the water on jet skis. Truth be told, we can spend so much time planning for our kiddos and their friends that we fail to realize we also need to surround ourselves with friends all the same.
Even if you decide to have them over for a cookout while the kiddos play in the backyard and you pull up chairs in the lawn to talk, those conversations with other adults when you have been tending to the kiddos all day really do a heart good.
In the end, whatever you decide to do with your sweetheart, just be intentional and make it a priority. Whether you decide to have date nights (or days) once a week or a few times a month, make it a regular pattern so it gives you both something to look forward to!
Faithful Father, we thank you for the beautiful gift of marriage and the unique way in which You connect to us through this relationship. I pray that as we head into these summer months that we make room in our busy and crazy summertime schedules to see the need and value of connecting more deeply to our spouse. Please provide us the opportunities to make special memories and have fun together, allowing our marriage to be filled with Your love. Thank you for being so good and faithful to us and for leading a guiding our marriage. Amen!
Happy Summertime Dating!
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