Balancing Life's Commitments to Prioritize Family

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Ever wondered if your family truly feels like a priority in your life? Join us as we reflect on the timeless story of Jacob and Rachel, drawing parallels to our own relationships and the importance of investing time in our spouses. We'll explore how genuine love can make even lengthy commitments feel fleeting and offer practical advice on how to incorporate meaningful rituals into everyday life. From simple gestures like holding hands to writing heartfelt love notes, discover actionable steps to consistently show affection and appreciation.

In this heartfelt episode, we emphasize the need to balance our commitments and re-evaluate what truly matters. Through personal anecdotes and age-old wisdom, we inspire you to foster deeper connections with your spouse and family. Rediscover the joy of spending quality time together and strengthen your bonds by making deliberate efforts to express love and devotion. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that will motivate you to cherish and prioritize your most important relationships.

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Episode Transcript

W. Austin Gardner (00:00):
I'd like to come to you with another message
about loving our spouse.
We could show our spouse howimportant they are by an
investment of our time.
In the story of Jacob it's kindof funny, you know.
He wanted to marry Rachel andhis father-in-law said well,
you'll have to work seven yearsto get her.

(00:20):
And he did.
And he said it didn't even seemlike a week, it was just so
quick.
He just was so much in lovethat time didn't matter to him.
I don't think I could have beenlike that, don't think I could
have done it, but he did.
Then, once he got married, hefound out he'd married Leah, the
wrong woman, and he had to workanother seven years, but it was
worth it to him.
He loved her so much that timeflew by.

(00:45):
Does your family feel like thatthey get a priority of your time
?
Is it possible you need torearrange your schedule and
spend a little bit more timewith your family?
Maybe you ought to drop somecommitments.
Maybe you ought to change alittle bit about your lifestyle.
Maybe you should take inventoryand decide what's really
important in your life.
We have got to work at spendingtime with those that we love.

(01:07):
We have just got to work at it.
It's a part of what we do.
So you want to develop somerituals, you know, like eating
together, holding hands everychance you get, kissing after
you pray for a meal, kiss whenyou come, kiss when you go.
Have dates with your children,have dates with your spouse.
Say things like how much youlove each other, hug and touch,
be expressive, look for ways tosay I love you and you're

(01:31):
important to me.
Write some love notes, leavesome notes stuck on the wall
around the kitchen or around thebedroom, around the vanity
mirror wherever she's working,bedroom, around the vanity
mirror wherever she's working.
But you know to do that.
You want to spend time with Godfirst and be a man of God so
that she will know that you loveJesus.

(01:51):
And loving Jesus will give hersecurity because she knows if
you love Jesus, he'll tell youto love her and to treat her
right.
I'm so honored that I get achance to speak to you, but what
I want to challenge you to dois invest time in your spouse.
We wanted to spend a lot oftime together.
Remember when we got married.
That's what we wanted to do.
Now that we're married, we kindof act like we don't want to

(02:12):
spend time together.
We need to change that and goback to spending time with each
other and showing each other howmuch we love each other.
Thank you for taking the timeto listen.