Date Night

Shorty & I were blessed with a date night last night thanks to one of the dearest couples we know.  They insisted upon taking our sweet Crew for the evening, so we could get some much needed couple time.  I was thinking about it last night-- actually this morning! ;) -- after we got in bed, & my brain was still awake.  I wondered why it is so essential, for us anyway, to have dates.  I came up with a couple of reasons.  One is that on a date, even the "stay home" kind, Shorty & I are reminded of the things we like about each other.  When we are constantly being parents, employees, church members, etc... we sometimes forget why it was that we got together to begin with.  The other reason I thought of is that especially as our children have gotten older, and they sleep less, Shorty & I don't have much time to talk.  And if you can't talk, it is very hard to stay on the same page!  There are many things in our lives that would, intentionally or not, pull us apart-- but we PROMISED to stay together, and that takes work... and DATE NIGHTS! =)

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice. My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom." My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 2:8-16