Saturday, February 14, 2009
What a night! I'm guessing 250 people were at Southgate to see Fireproof. As we sat there in the dark watching the movie I was thinking how many lives and families will be impacted if we all were to take the Love Dare. The potential for upgrades in marriages is huge. The possibilities for higher dimensions of love in our relationships is the prize. For all who are taking the Love Dare, we will be reminded that love is expressed in ACTION. Each day we will be instructed to invest in our partners with attitudes and behaviors that reflect the God kind of love. The dictionary says that a dare is something that requires courage to do. Let's muster the courage and take the Love Dare together. There are encouragement groups available for those who want the support of others to keep our courage going. The Love Dare retreat will be a wonderful culmination of the 40 day journey. We are on our way, buy the Love Dare book, jump into the current and get a marriage upgrade.
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Love Dare Day 2
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So, I haven't found my love dares all that, well, challenging. But Stan's are a different story. Actually, Stan started his own love dare about 3 weeks ago before we ever received our books. It's been incredible to be on the receiving end of such intentional love.
He has gone out of his way to make me feel like his treasure and it softens my heart so! A couple of weeks ago he apologized for teasing me so much (we both come from families that interact through teasing). His remark really caught me off guard. I actually started crying because I've always hated it but said nothing because I knew he never teased to hurt me.
Yesterday he asked me, "Renee, what areas do you think I place unrealistic expectations on you?" I was bewildered because he always does so much for me.
Today he came into my office while I was working on articles and apologized for making fun of my driving this morning. "That can't feel good - to listen to me nag about your driving all the time and I'm sorry. I’ll make a point not to complain. You’re really not a bad driver.” (Uh…yes I am.)
Again, it brought tears to my eyes. Not because I am an overly emotional person (uh…yes I am) but because what he’s doing is so sincere. Every word, every gesture is straight from his heart. So, while I may be bummed that I haven’t been given any exciting dares yet that will bless Stan I can say with great certainty that his dares are lighting my world on fire.
In closing, I’ve always raved about how blessed I am to be married to him, how ridiculously happy I am. But I was not prepared for this. I was not prepared for how seriously Stan would take a book that when we both first glanced through it we questioned the big deal over it. Stan even mentioned that it seemed to be for marriages that were in trouble or for new believers. I shrugged and said, well, maybe there will be some hidden blessings in it somewhere, although I kind of doubted that. I do not doubt now. I’m actually looking forward to tomorrow to see what’s in store for us…
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