Put Your Phone DOWN!!!

 

Welcome to the technological age! We live in a time where we no longer have to go outdoors to do anything but drive to the local computer or cell phone store. Letters and telephone calls are out of date. We don 't even have to go to church or to visit a loved one. I can pause live television! We can grocery shop over the internet, see our loved ones across the country with just the click of a button. We don't even have to go out to go to church! It seems fabulous.
Or at least, it used to.
With this constantly status-updating, profile changing, selfie taking world that we live in, the idea of personal contact is severely lacking. Yes, we can see what is going on with our friends and family members almost every minute of every day, but at the same time, it almost seems as if we are dependent on all of these battery operated gadgets. We get major attitudes when our phones diminish down to 15% battery and there is no charger in sight. And don't even get me started on locked WiFi access. It seems as though we have to be in contact with our Facebook, Twitters, Instagram and emails constantly. Even if we don't need them, we just want to be assured that they are available.
We are connected with everyone... But our husbands.
I have an anniversary coming up. On May 26th, I will have been married for seven whole years. People say that there is an itch coming, but I'm not worried. We spent the first 6 years overcoming so many obstacles, I believe that we can overcome anything together. You want to know how?
Eliminating distractions.

Luke 10:38-40

"As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way

To Jerusalem, they came to a certain village

Where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord's feet,

Listening to what he taught.

But Martha was distracted by the big dinner

She was preparing..."

 

So, in this example, there were two sisters who were in the house when Jesus came to visit. There was no explanation on what was going on before Jesus got there, but I believe that both sisters may have been busy with the chores of the household. But, when he arrived, Mary opted to sit and listen to him teach, while Martha got busy with continuing to prepare dinner. Now, both of the sisters were doing something important, but only one of them had their priorities in order.

This may not seem to make sense to you now, but let me make it a little clearer for you.

You may be an extremely busy woman with an extremely busy man and busy children. Your life may revolve around a schedule that you must keep in order to please the job and the kids and make enough money to keep everyone in Nikes and iPhones. But, when it comes to spending time with your husband as his wife, the schedule must cease and the wife hat must be the only thing you have on.

Literally, or figuratively. The choice is yours. 



All of these gadgets, the smartphones and the tablets, the PDAs and the pagers (if anyone is still carrying those) are major distractions for couples trying to maintain healthy communication and intimacy. When it comes time to be that man's wife, put your phone on Do Not Disturb for a while and spend some time gazing into each other's eyes, or whatever you all like to do. I'm not saying you have to sit at his feet like Mary did Jesus, but it that's what works, try it.
Your schedule will be there when you all get done...