My Marriage Stinks pt. 7

We concluded our "My Marriage Stinks!" sermon series last Sunday by talking about children as it relates to our marriages. In our families our priorities should look like this: #1 God, #2 Our Spouse, #3 Our Children. Kids were never meant to take the place of your spouse and they make terrible gods!

In our culture what often happens is, the child is born and the dad will immerse himself in a career and the mom will immerse herself in the kids, and slowly the husband and wife grow apart. As a result empty nesters have the second highest divorce rate in America, because when the kids leave the husband and wife don’t know each other anymore.

Often the complaint that I will hear from married men is that his wife pours all of her energy into the kids and has nothing left for him. The complaint that I hear from wives is that her husband pours all of his energy into his job and never spends time with the family. At that point there is a strain on the relationship which results in a home filled with strife and the entire family suffers.

The best thing that a husband can do for his kids is to love God first and then his wife; the best thing that a wife can do for her kids is to love God first and then her husband. It is not the best thing to revolve our lives around our children. When children see mom and dad loving one another it provides the kind of stability and home environment that every kid would want.