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Your Question:
How do we balance love and sacrifice in our daily routines when life gets busy?
Answer:
As a husband and pastor, I've come to realize that balancing love and sacrifice in our daily routines is crucial in maintaining a strong marriage and serving others. It's easy to get caught up in our own desires and priorities, but marriage presents an opportunity to replace our desire to be served with a nobler desire to serve others. This means making sacrifices that cost us something, whether it's financially, vocationally, or with our time and hobbies. To achieve this balance, my wife Susan and I have learned to prioritize our relationship and make time for each other. We make an effort to understand each other's needs and perspectives, and to serve each other in practical ways. This means putting our schedules and priorities aside to spend quality time together, and making sacrifices that benefit our marriage and our family. For example, I might have to put my love of baseball or reading aside to attend to a family need or to spend time with Susan. Ultimately, our goal as Christians is to demonstrate the love that Christ showed us by laying down our lives for others. This means putting the needs of others before our own, and being willing to make sacrifices that cost us something. By prioritizing our marriage and serving each other, we're not only building a stronger relationship, but we're also modeling the kind of love and sacrifice that Christ demonstrated in giving his life for us.
Sources:
sacred marriage
gary thomas
power of a praying wife
stormie omartian
introduction biblical ethics
robertson mcquilkin
meaning of marriage
timothy keller
practicing the way
john mark comer
1 corinthians
thomas schreiner
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