Incorporating Quality Time Into Your Marriage
Spending quality time with my husband is so important in our marriage. I know quality time can have a huge impact on yours, too!
Here are five ways to incorporate quality time into your marriage:
Read Your Bible and Pray Together.
Spend time reading a section of Scripture together and talking about it. Share how it ministered to you or what you gleaned from it. Afterward, pray together and for each other.
Have “Couch Time.”
Put the phones away and spend designated time catching each other up on your day’s or life’s activities. Also, talk about your future dreams and hopes and strategize on ways to reach them. If things have been stressful lately, share one quality each of you appreciates about the other and why.
Have a “Crazy Dinner” Night.
Write a short list of several letters (like a, p, g, s, t, etc.) and have your husband do the same. Then exchange lists. Go to the grocery store together but shop separately. Each of you should select one food item for each letter on your list. Once home, prepare a meal together using those random ingredients.
Have Weekly “It’s My Night” Dates.
Switch off every other week doing an activity each of you likes. One date could be a walk together along a scenic path or a drive into the mountains for the afternoon. Maybe a carpet picnic on your living room floor or reminiscing over old photos next to the fireplace is more your style. Perhaps you could pull out those old games from the closet and have a candle-lit game night with just the two of you. Or try something new that neither of you has done, concluding with a 5-minute passionate kiss to “seal the memory.”
Get Away Together.
Unplugging from the stress or monotony of “life” and focusing on each other without distractions is a great quality-time activity. It does not have to be expensive. You could even plan a camp-out in your backyard (weather permitting) or swap houses for the weekend with a willing friend or relative. Nurturing your marriage through uninterrupted time away is essential for your marriage’s growth, connection, and future.
Now, let the bonding begin!