I decided it would be fun to go through the The Love Dare book by Stephen & Alex Kendrick. Not because my marriage is having problems or anything but because I desire to be a better wife to my husband and what marriage is so perfect that it couldn't use a little improvement? Is there anyone else going through this book too? Please let me know--maybe we can encourage each other. :) By the way, if you know my husband, don't ask him about my progress as I'm trying to keep it a secret that I'm going through this book. Thanks! :)
I am so glad that my church is doing the FIREPROOF smallgroup studies for couples. I think this helps me in my endeavor to strengthen my marriage. It is so neat to see how God has turned some really terrible situations around for His glory. If any of you out there are from my church and would love to share please do!! Last week was our first week and I'm looking forward to getting to know the other people in my particular small group for the next five weeks...
I'm trying to do the Love Dare book daily--but am not keeping up with it as well as I'd like... I purchased this book Feb. 3 and should be on Day 12 but am only at Day 5!!! :(
I justify this by saying I'm working really hard on the first five days. :)
DAY 1-- Love is Patient
DAY 2--Love is Kind
DAY 3--Love is not selfish
DAY 4--Love is thoughtful
DAY 5--Love is not rude
I'm going to try to keep up with my progress through this book on this entry. We'll see what happens...
Today's assignment: Ask my spouse to tell me three things that cause him to be uncomfortable or irritated with me. I'm supposed to do this without attacking him or justifying my behavior.
Then according to the book I'm to journal how I handled hearing it. And what I plan to do to improve these areas?
I think that's enough for now. After all, today is Valentine's Day and I need to go practice what I've learned so far about love... :)
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Whow! That's very honest of you!
ReplyDeleteDid you get a chance to ask him? How did it turn out?
You can't leave me hanging like this! :)
Yes, I did ask him. He was kind of taken aback and wasn't expecting to be asked something like that--so he didn't quite know how to answer. He kidded around and said "Just one?" then he said "Sure you want me to list them all? You don't want to ruin Valentine's day do you?" I was expecting a long list but he couldn't think of anything. After a while, the ONLY thing he mentioned was he'd like to have a meal made for him EVERY night when he gets home from work. Well, due to our schedule this is not always possible. So, I just told him that I'd work on it. I think I handled it quite well and was very relieved that he could ONLY find one thing that irritated him. I suppose I would have had quite a different answer had I asked him when he was mad at me!! :)
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