~Love Dare Challenge~

I am not sure if a lot of you have seen "Fireproof" or heard of "The Love Dare"
challenge but it is fantastic! Fireproof is about a firefighter who lives by the firefighters adage...never leave your partner. But at home with his wife he doesn't live by the same adage. After countless fights and on the verge of divorce his father steps in and gives his son a 40 day experiment called "The Love Dare." On this 40 day journey he learns that his wife and his marriage are worth fighting for and he discovers the true meaning of love. Now that I have given the background of it I can continue haha! My bestfriend gave us this book for Christmas and we just recently started it again! I feel like we live in a world where so many people act like their life is perfect and that if anyone does something like this to better them that something must be "wrong." I think every married couple should do his challenge because it can only make you stronger! I have decided to document some of our journey...not all because some things do need to remain intimate :)

Day 1 ~ Love is Patient
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love - Ephesians 4:2

This day was about demonstrating patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all! I have a much harder time with my words than Mike! I found it completely eyeopening to really think before we said things to eachother because the whole mood was different! The stress of us never really seeing eachother and trying to get everything done around the house and with Logan when we are together can really take a toll on us! We both get somewhat annoyed and angered easily but we found this day to be fun and the days to follow. When either of us even get to a place where we are going to be negative we simply respond with "You are being nasty start over" lol! We both start laughing and everything else seems lighter! My prayer for this day is that my words of love and praise ring louder than my words of hurt. That my tongue is used for building up not breaking down. I become more aware of what my words truly are saying and pick them wisely or not say things at all. Amen!!