LOVE DARE

My dear cousin sent me a dare- a love dare. She actually sent the book The Love Dare. So........for the next 40 days, one day at a time, I'll read the entry, do what it says and make notes.

Yesterday Day #1 I was to show my husband patience. The neat thing was it was easy as he did nothing to make me impatient. I'm usually a pretty patient person so let's see how it goes now that the challenge has been thrown out. I liked how it explained it. It said " When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation. You are slow to anger. You choose to have a long fuse instead of a quick temper. Patience brings an internal calm during an external storm." Also, anger is usually caused when the strong desire for something is mixed with disappointment or grief. Patience helps you give your spouse permission to be human. It understands that everyone fails. Challenge: Resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all.

Today, Day #2 Today is the day to show kindness. My first thought was I'm pretty kind to him (conceited huh?). Then as I thought about it, how often do I go out of my way to be particularily kind to him? The book stated that kindness can feel a little generic when you try defining it much less living it. It is broken down into four basic core ingredients: Gentleness, Helpfulness, Willingness and Initiative. It says the Bible describes a woman whose husband and children bless and praise her. "Among her noble attributes are these she opens her mouth in wisdom and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." Proverbs 31:26 What a goal! Wow!
Challenge: Say nothing negative to your spouse again today and do at least one unexpected gesture as an act of kindness.

This could be interesting. :)