Day 1 of The Love Dare... Love is Patient

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,bearing with one another in love. -Ephesians 4:2 NIV

Ok... on day 1 it talks about love being built on two pillars. The pillars are patient and kindness. The love dare will begin with patient. It is your choice to control your emotions or to allow your emotions to control you. They ask the questions "If your spouse offends you, do you quickly try to get back at them, or do you stay under control?" "Do you find yourself always turning to anger when treated unfairly?" Anger is usually caused when a strong desire for something is mixed with disappointment or grief. Patients helps give your spouse permission to be human. How different would your house be if your spouse could count on you having patients with them. The first dare is to Demonstrate Patients. For the next day say nothing negative to your spouse at all. It says if temptation arises, choose not to say anything. It's better to hold your tongue than to say something you'll regret. After you have completed this dare journal about it. Now journaling about this is very helpful. It can help you see something in yourself that you might not of know other wise. It can also help you keep track of how things are going. Some questions you might want to ask yourself is if anything happened today that might cause you to react with anger towards your spouse? Were you tempted to react with anger? What did you do instead? How did your spouse react? I'm going to journal about this tomorrow and share with you day 2 of The Love Dare. Good Luck!