Our dear friends Herb and Maureen shared a presentation tonight entitled Time Out. It started off talking about time outs that we're all pretty familiar with, involving unruly children or sports teams. It ended up on the importance of having time out as a couple, whether we think we want one or not, to focus on our relationship.
And it took a moment along the way to give due credit to the inventor of the time out: God, who certainly wasn't worn out from all those labors at the end of creation. Neither did God need the chosen people to give Him a day off so he could rest up from taking care of them. Rather, God knows that we need regular rejuvenation if we are to be consistently about the life to which he calls us.
Good stuff. Remarkably honest and unexpectedly poignant sharing from the other couples about how they receive the times out that our Marriage Encounter affords us to work on our relationship with our spouse in a community of couples committed to supporting one another in our sacramental lives. I wish I could share details of the different ways we all receive these opportunities to grow, but we are all glad to have each other in our journey of marital love.
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