Day 1 love is Patient
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
—Ephesians 4:2 NIV
TODAY’S DARE
The first part of this dare is fairly simple. Although love is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect the condition of our heart. For the next day, resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative [...]
For this challenge I did indeed endeavour to not say anything negative to my wife. Although this seems like such a natural thing to do, it is actually more difficult than it seems. Saying nothing negative also includes, when you stub your toe, trip over something that someone else left out, get cutoff in traffic, or just plain want to be in a foul mood. These are the times when this days lesson will really be put to the test.
We both were going strongly with this one, until late in the evening we allowed a discussion that we were having to get a little more inflammed that either of us felt comfortable with. This lesson is going to be an ongoing lesson to learn, I can see that now.
Through this lesson I am learning that it is not a bad thing not to have something ready to say at any given moment. I say this because I am sometimes quick to say something just to avoid an awkward silence in a conversation. Sometimes the things that I have chosn to say (as void fillers) have indeed either had no place in the current conversation, or have completely embarrassed my wife. This I can see now, is something that I will have to work very hard to correct. It will be a long road, but one worth travelling to get back to the relationship that my wife and I have SO enjoyed in the past.
Britt this is for you, you are my love, my life, my everything.