LOVE DARE DAY 14

~DAY 14~  LOVE TAKES DELIGHT~

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life. ~ Ecclesiastes 9:9 (HCSB)

Remember when you first fell in love with your spouse?  Everything about him was so delightful and interesting.  You wanted to spend every moment together.  He was constantly on your mind.  You were just so overcome with these powerful new feelings.

It's unrealistic to expect to always have our feelings for our spouse remain at that level.  We can't expect to maintain a life long relationship on feelings alone.  There are going to be days when you just don't feel very loving toward  our spouse.

As humans, we often have a tendency towards disapproval.  Something he does aggravates us like you would not believe.  Something we do gets on his nerves.  Next thing we know, we are always focusing on those negative things.  We criticize more than we praise.  We nag more than we laugh.  We let those negative feelings lead us down a dark and broken path.

We have to make a choice.  A choice not to always follow our heart, but to lead it. We have to remember that life is too short to bicker over petty things.

Think back again to those early days of the relationship.  All the things you took delight in at that time.  If you felt love and pleasure once - you can again.

Delight in your spouse.  Seek his company.  Talk to him.  Enjoy him. Relearn what you love about your spouse.

~TODAY'S DARE~

PURPOSELY NEGLECT AN ACTIVITY YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO SO YOU CAN SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR SPOUSE.  DO SOMETHING HE OR SHE WOULD LOVE TO DO OR A PROJECT THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO WORK ON.  JUST BE TOGETHER.

What did you decide to give up?

What did you do together?

What new thing did you lean or relearn about your spouse?