What are some things that make you laugh out loud? (Week 18)
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. -Proverbs 17:22
What are some things that make you laugh out loud?
Laughter really is good medicine. Much research over the past few decades has shown that people with a sense of humor have fewer health problems and sickness than those who are humor-impaired. It’s really nothing new. Solomon taught this principle years ago in the Proverb above.
In our marriages, humor can bring a lot of value: it can help us connect, it can help us cope, it helps us love better, it can create memories, it can be a bridge to forgiveness. Learning to laugh together is a great practice to intentionally develop as you grow intimacy in your marriage.
Be on the lookout for things that make you laugh – movies, sit-coms, telling stories or jokes, certain friendships. Life is certainly serious and, at times, difficult. But there is “a time to laugh”, and when we do our marriages are richer for it.
Laughter, on a daily basis, is like taking a vitamin for your marriage.
- Les and Leslie Parrott, The Love List
Jeff Helton
Marriage and Family Pastor
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How will you use the 50 Fridays Challenge each week? (Week 1)
A marriage in which each person brings ideas, attitudes and approaches—even to the point of creating disagreements—is a marriage that will build on the best that both partners have to offer. -Neil Clark Warren
Over the past few weeks many of us have said “yes” to taking the 50 Fridays Challenge. In doing so, we are declaring our desire to grow our marriages in spiritual, emotional and physical intimacy. We are committing to a weekly, intentional time to proactively engage about our marriages.
Today’s question should lead you to think through your expectations for these weekly emails. Take some time together this week to discuss how you will use each week’s question. For example:
- When will you discuss the question? (Bedtime might not be a good idea!)
- Where will you discuss the question? (Let me recommend face-to-face, not over the phone or email.)
- Who will be responsible for initiating that time? (Husbands, this is a great opportunity for us!)
- How will you decide who answers the question first?
- Will you commit to spend some time praying with each other at the end of the discussion?
- What will you do when one of the questions creates some tension?
- Would this be a good time to start a journal together?
Don’t use any of these questions to create pressure. There’s not a right or wrong way to do this. What works for your marriage is what matters. Remember, the purpose of the challenge is to encourage dialogue together about your relationship. Have fun with this!
Jeff Helton
Marriage and Family Pastor
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