I finished theLove Dare and thought...ok, I am done, I can move on. How untrue this was. This is truly a daily challenge that I must face. I am always having to ask the Lord to guard my mouth and my actions. How many days have I wanted to bite back at...

Tonight my husband and I will be going out, not for a date, but just some shopping. I love when we go out for a bit by ourselves. It gives us a chance to just be with each other and talk, really talk. I am going to practice yesterday's dare and let...

What is the greatest need in your spouses life right now? Thus starts the dare for today... While thinking about this I realized that the greatest need in my husbands life is not really physical. He needs me to be an encouragement to him. He needs me...

Today I am combining two of the dares as they both fall into the same area for me. I talked to my husband today and told him that I was wrong in always expecting too much from him. I love for my house to be a sanctuary when we come home, one where it...

This dare hit me like a ton of bricks today! How many times have I said, I forgive you and yet hold a grudge or keep that hurt in the back of my head to bring up at another time. How can I use those words and not mean them! How can I say I love my husband...

Lord, thank you so much for protecting me from this evil. I am so glad that you have protected my heart and mind from lusting after other things and people. Lord, you have given me the spirit of contentment and for that I praise you. When I read this...

Although I can't say I have an addiction, I know in my heart that I tend to focus so much attention on our children that I neglect my husband's need for attention. I seem to get so caught up in what the kids need that I fail to see that he needs...

I awoke this morning with the realization that I was into the second half of this dare. The lord has opened my eyes to the changes that are occuring in me. Yes, I started out thinking, I can change my husband, but the Lord is changing ME! What a wonderful...

I realized with today's dare how long it has been since I immersed myself in God's Word. I read Proverbs 1 & 2 today and realized that I am going to start reading a chapter a day. I was struck by the words in these chapters and how they fit...

Last night it snowed. It was such a picture of this dare. The snow covered the dirty ground like Christ covers our sin. What an awesome picture! I pray that God will use me how he wants and not how I am comfortable being used.

Looking back over the past 18 days, it seems as though this time has flown by. There have been two dares that were hard for me. The first dare was hard because it was just that, the first one. It takes a lot to actually start something and getting through...

Thursday wasn't your typical date night for us. We have three children so the idea of a quiet dinner for us was not going to happen. However, I improvised and we had dinner from one of my husbands favorite places. I did try to make it special, so...

This dare really made me think. I know things about my spouse that I will never share with anyone. He has been so open with me in all areas of his life. I am blessed that he trusts me with these things. THe one thing that we share is an open relationship...

Oh, Lord, thank you for this chapter! How long has it been since I have gotten on my knees and truly prayed for my husband. Yes, I have asked you to change him, but I haven't given him to you. Instead I have asked for you to change something about...

Today i vowed to say nothing that would be hurtful to my spouce and do someting unexpected. He came home at 2:00 a.m. from work and so when I woke up to go to work this morning I took his clothes and put them in the wash. He called me later in the morning...

I purposed in my heart today that I would not do anything other than spend time with my hubby. He will work tonight through Wednesday and I will not get to see him till Thursday, so today was important. When we got up for church this morning, we were...

I have been noticing a difference, not in DH so much, but in me as this dare goes on. DH is still pretty oblivious to what I am doing, all though his reactions seem to question what I am doing. Today I was talking to him about fighting fair. While we...

This is a challenging area for me. I have always struggled with having to be right. It comes from the fact of being in a previous marriage where I basically had no right to speak and I was told I didn't know what I was talking about all the time....

Today was suppose to be my day to sleep in. I have been up and at work between 6-7 all this week and DH promised me a morning to sleep in. I know that he didn't get in until 2 this morning, so when our 19 month old woke up at 5:00 I knew he was not...

Today's dare involved doing something out of the ordinary for my husband. I realized today that I have to be in this all or nothing. I can't just put it in the "dare" time and be done. Dh had to go to work tonight and I was left with...

Today was interesting as I have been sick all day with the stomach bug. I greeted DH when he came in tonight with a hug and an I Love You. Usually it is a walk by hello and rush to make dinner for me, so I think this was a suprise to him. I need to be...

Wow, I did not like the fact that hubby got to stay home today with the kids while I went into work at 7:00! The funny thing is that when I got to work I read the dare for today. Ok Lord, slap me in the face with it! When I got home I told hubby that...

Today I struggled with doing this dare. I was upset with my husband as he didn't get home from church till 3:30 (I was home with sick kids) and didn't think to call to say he was going to be late. Again I realize that this was selfish, but being...

Oh, how I needed todays lesson. Stress has invaded our marriage more that I care to admit. I feel a lot of pressure on me as hubby just started a new job after 10 weeks without one. How is it that I have let stress take over and run my marriage. I have...

Today was a tough day as I had not seen my husband in 3 1/2 days. I had purposed to guard my mouth and not repspond to anything negative with a bite back at him. I did really well. I asked him if he could tell me some things that I did that irritated...