2020 Marriage Challenge Day 21

Day 21

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Day 21: Love Dreams

When I do a marriage conference, one of my favorite topics is partnership. It's an often overlooked aspect of marriage, but it's one of the most important. Maybe it's my time of life with two children still at home or my setting of helping Jenny with her small business even as she helps me with my publishing, but we spend as much time on partnership as we do any aspect of marriage.Yet for many, they think partnership is a boring/non-romantic part of the relationship. What they fail to see is that when two people become good partners, they can help make each other's dreams come true. What do you want to accomplish in life? What experiences do you want to have? What are your dreams? A marriage should be at work to help those things come true. Maybe you can't accomplish everything, but you should be able to accomplish a great deal. In a healthy marriage, both partners are making sacrifices in order for one another to chase their dreams. Notice the keyword there--both. While there might be seasons when only one is pursuing their dreams, those seasons can't last for long. Both must sacrifice. Both must be working on their dreams. Far too many couples never have their eyes opened to this tremendous aspect of marriage. Imagine waking up every morning and knowing that at least one other person is working to make your dreams come true. That's my job as Jenny's husband. That's one of her tasks as my wife. Love dreams. And then it pursues those dreams.               Application: Read the article "Wake Up Every Morning and Make Her Dreams Come True." Plan a date (dinner or walk) with your spouse where you do nothing but talk about your dreams and then make at least one concrete step toward one of your goals.                For more, see:Stop Spending Your Spouse's DreamsThe Untold Story of Chasing Your Dreams