Intimacy In Marriage

Imagine, if you will, two rowboats drifting
together on a choppy lake. A man sits in
one of them, and a woman rides in the other.
They have every intention of crossing the
lake together, side by side, because they
genuinely care about each other. But ever
so slowly, they begin to drift apart.

Each catches different currents and gusts of wind
that turn their little boats in opposite
directions, and before they know it, one
person sits at the north end of the lake, and
the other bobs along at the south.

They can hardly communicate with each other without
shouting from so great a distance. And by
that time, there are a number of little children
sitting in a third boat, little bewildered
children.

This is a dramatic analogy to the plight
of too many marriages today. Husbands
and wives begin their journey side by side,
with every intention of remaining together
for a lifetime. But the pressures of everyday
living turn them in their own directions and
toward their own pursuits, and away from
each other.

Unless a husband and wife are willing to row, to work together,
to talk through their difficulties and to compromise,
it's likely that they will not reach the far
side of the lake together. But it need not
happen. Their boats can remain side by
side, if each partner is simply willing to
row. Otherwise, the currents of culture will
separate them forever.

>> Article by Mr James Dobson