Kid CEO by Cliff McNeely

Author:Cliff McNeely [YOUNG, ED]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446510257
Publisher: FaithWords

8. Creatively Date Your Mate

The eighth alarm is my favorite. And this should be your favorite alarm as well, husbands and wives: Creatively Date Your Mate. In essence, keep your marital lawn so green that all the other grass looks brown. When Lisa looks at another man, she should not think lustful thoughts about him; her marital lawn should be so green that she wouldn’t even want to entertain that thought. Instead she’d be thinking, “There’s no way this guy will challenge me spiritually, the way Ed does. There’s no way this guy will meet my needs, physically, the way Ed does. Why trade in a Rolls-Royce for a pair of roller skates?” Our spouses should say that about us.

A couple shared with me that they had not gone on a date night in a year. An entire year had gone by without the two of them connecting one-on-one as a couple. I have to be blunt: that is a pathetic situation. This couple has two teenage sons, and they are what I would call the quintessential kid-CEO family. Everything revolves around the kids—their sports, their school, and their schedules.

How about you? Are you taking time to connect on a regular basis with your spouse? Are you keeping the romance alive by continuing to court your spouse? Do you dress up and go out a couple of times a month just so the two of you can have fun together? Do you act like teenagers in love going out on dates, to the movies, to the mall, on picnics, to a concert, or to a nice restaurant? Have you done something fun and spontaneous together lately? Have you? If not, isn’t it about time you did?

The best thing you can do for kids, parents, is not related to having them in certain sports. It is not related to having them in this group or that activity. All of that stuff is fine and dandy. But the best thing is for you to give them a wonderful marriage, and the best way to have a wonderful marriage is to regularly, strategically, and creatively date your mate.

Your children watch you 24/7. How do they know about communication? How do they know about forgiveness? How do they know about love? How do they know about intimacy? They learn it all by watching the ways Mom and Dad relate to one another in marriage. As you go out together and come back with stars in your eyes and your arms around each other, they see the love, the intimacy, and the security of a home built on the foundation of a solid marriage. It is vital that you keep that connection so that they have something worthwhile to watch.

Guys, I’m going to pick on you regarding this date night thing. I believe you should take the initiative in this area. You need to plan a date night at least twice a month. You make the call to your wife and coordinate your schedules. You set up the child care.

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