| As life rolls along you have found that your | | | | enough that she gets a regular amount of time to |
| marriage relationship feels stronger some days | | | | talk to you. |
| more than others. On the days that you feel | | | | When she talks, listen. That may sound pretty |
| distant you want to be reconnecting with you | | | | simple, but listening involves participating in the |
| wife because she is the most important person in | | | | conversation with more than a grunt. Repeat |
| your life. Here are three meaningful ways to | | | | back to your wife what she says in your own |
| reconnect with her and to develop a pattern of | | | | words and in a question like, "So are you saying...?" |
| closeness that will lead you toward a strong | | | | When you are able to speak the same language, |
| marriage. | | | | she feels understood. Being understood is a great |
| Pray for your wife- On your way to or from | | | | relationship builder |
| work or any regular time each day, pray for your | | | | Participate with her- Your time is limited, so you |
| wife. Ask God to help her become all that he has | | | | want to do what you want to do while you have |
| designed her to be. Ask God to give her strength | | | | the time to do it. Don't forget, there are two of |
| for her everyday tasks and to encourage her | | | | you in this life together. Go to church, pray and |
| emotionally. | | | | read the Bible together. You bear some of the |
| In your praying, seek God's help for ways that he | | | | responsibility from God for your wife's spiritual |
| could use you to be a blessing to her. If you really | | | | condition. Eat whatever meals that you can |
| want to make strides, let your wife know that | | | | together. Plan your family's calendar together. Go |
| you are praying for her and ask her for things to | | | | for walks or bike rides together. |
| pray about. | | | | Marriage is togetherness. It may not be 100% of |
| Pay Attention- Getting their husbands to listen is | | | | your time together, but every time that you ask |
| very high on the lists of our wives' frustrations. I | | | | about doing an activity together, it says that you |
| know that wives tend to want to talk at times | | | | are thinking of your relationship with her. |
| that we are into something else. Maybe we | | | | Communicating that will draw her to you, and |
| haven't been giving them time because we are | | | | your marriage relationship will become one of the |
| always into something else. Be into your wife | | | | most valuable things for both of you. |