My Love Dare

Our 3 year Anniversary

Penny — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:52:39 +0000

Tomorrow, we will be celebrating our 3 years of marriage…

Honey, I Love You!

My Love Dare on Hold

Penny — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:10:00 +0000

Sorry. I should have posted this sooner. My husband and I are doing the Bible study “Fireproof Your Marriage” with our Sunday School class, so I am going to put a hold on My Love Dare. The Bible study is only for 6 weeks, so I will come back to this soon. I might do a day here and there just so I don’t get too far behind.

Day 7: Love Believes the Best

Penny — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:02:48 +0000

APPRECIATION ROOM

Giving

Hard Worker

Big – Hearted

Great Dad

Wonderful Lover

Dreamer

Plays with my hair so I can go to sleep

Can Fix just about Anything

If there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8

Day 6: Love is Not Irritable

Penny — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:49:53 +0000

I definitely need to be more like a peach. This has been something that I am aware of and try to work on. My responses to things tend to be more like the lemon, but I long to be like the peach.

I try to step back and think about the situation before reacting. Not always, but I am trying more and more each day to take this approach.

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men. Acts 24:16

Day 5: Love is Not Rude

Penny — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:44:54 +0000

I had to ask David what do I do that he is uncomfortable with or irritates him. He has only giving me one answer. I have known that this thing bothers him, and I have tried not to do it or at least be more aware of the timing. I guess I am not doing a good job because this to be the only answer he has come up with.

The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Day 4: Love is Thoughtful

Penny — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:48:32 +0000

This day’s reading was very insightful! I just had a conversation yesterday having to do with this exact thing. Men and women totally communicate on different levels. I am usually very thoughtful, and wish my husband was more so. Well, growing in our marriage, I am finding that he is thoughtful, just in his own way. We are not always on the same page, but again, that has to do with being different. I am glad my husband is different than me… I need his calm level-headed thinking sometimes

Today’s dare is something I do often. He may not even realize it, I do it that often. However, lately, I have noticed him doing it more often toward me. Maybe I am rubbing off on him a little

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you. Philippians 1:3

Day 3: Love is Not Selfish

Penny — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:10:04 +0000

This one was not really hard, but I wanted to do something different than what I normally do. I usually pick up something for him at the store, but I wanted to go an extra mile to let him know that I had put some effort into this.

I use to leave cards for him for no reason but to say “I was thinking of you” or “I love you” or ” I really appreciate the things you do”. However, I have not given him one in awhile. I have sent emails but not a card.

Also, he has wanted me to activate a SunPass for him for about a month. He even bought one, but I never took the time to do it.

Today, I made a special trip to the store for a card and a new SunPass (I miss placed the one he bought). I came right home and activated the SunPass, signed the card, and gave them both to him. I know he appreciated it because he went right out to his truck to affix the SunPass to the windshield.

He then went to my desk and found the SunPass that I had miss placed! I should have looked harder

Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder.

James 3:16

Act of Kindness

Penny — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:14:29 +0000

Okay. I did an act of kindness without even putting much thought into it! We were getting ready for church on Sunday, and David was planning on wearing a new shirt that I had bought, but it was wrinkled. While he was in the shower, I ironed his shirt. You may think, well every wife should iron their husband’s clothes. Well, I am not your typical wife. I have had people take the iron from me because I end up putting more wrinkles in it than before I started to iron! I have to say, I did a pretty good job. I did not do the sleeves, but they must not have needed to be done, because he wore it just how I gave it to him!

Day 3 is to buy him something to let him know that I am thinking about him. I am going to do this one today and let you know tomorrow how it goes.

On Hold

Penny — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:34:14 +0000

Day 3 has been put on hold… I had to take a trip to Tampa today.

Day 2: Love is Kind

Penny — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:00:03 +0000

Not only was I suppose to not say anything negative, but I was to do an unexpected act of kindness. I am not sure if I am over-thinking this, but I had a hard time finding an “unexpected” act of kindness today. I was not negative… does that count as an act of kindness? I paid for his haircut, but I normally do that. I will move on to Day 3, but I am going to try to come up with a good act of kindness to finish this dare. I will keep you posted when I find it.

What is desirable in a man is his kindness. Proverbs 19:22