Todays Devotional Think about this: How did Satan get Eve? He spent time with her! Why was Eve so vulnerable? Adam was not spending time with her when the devil showed up! Now some men are really spending time with their spouse or spouse to be, and yet things are not really working. What could be wrong! You see, some men can be so skillful (pun intended) that they can spend time without paying one single attention! That is not what we are talking about here! You can spend five hours with her and yet she can’t reach you! When you want to spend time with her, it is not time to check Facebook. When you want to spend time with her, it is not time to reply mails. Somebody says, is that all we will be doing? Spend time with her and not work? The problem is that you don’t know that part of your work is to make your marriage work! When I was studying a Master’s Degree in Communication and Language Arts some ten years ago, my lecturer told me there are different levels of listening. You can listen for fun like watch a comedy, you can listen for exactness like you do in class, you can also listen with precision in more intense cases but the highest level of listening is what you practice with your spouse. It is called empathic listening and it is listening to her by putting yourself in her shoes to know and feel what she is feeling. Pastor what if my job takes me away from home? There are two things you can do. 1. Anytime you are around, make it memorable. Don’t riddle it with quarrels such that the little time you meet is full of regrets. Be mature. Let the time you meet be a time to make deliberate deposits into her emotional bank so that she has enough to withdraw from when you are not around. 2. Use your phones and social media to sustain attention. If you are not always around, and you still don’t have time to call regularly or chat, then something is wrong somewhere! You see, when you genuinely love someone, you want to be in touch with that person! For singles, you should draw a line when it comes to spending time and giving attention. If time spent together ends up with Jeru traps and compromise, then it is not worth it...Read Further on TIME AND ATTENTION: SOME THINGS WOMEN WISH MEN UNDERSTAND ABOUT THEM - kissesandhuggs.org/devotionals/time-and-attention-some-things-women-wish-men-understand-about-th
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