sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:09PM Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love - Ephesians 4:2
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:11PM Love works. It is life's most powerful motivator and has far greater depth and meaning than most people realize.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:11PM Love changes our motivation for living. Relationships become meaningful with it. No marriage is successful without it.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:15PM Love is built on two pillars that best define what it is. Those pillars are patience and kindness.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:16PM All other characteristics of love are extensions of these two attributes. And that's where your dare will begin. With patience.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:17PM Love will inspire you to become a patient person. When you choose to be patent, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:18PM No one likes to be around an impatient person. it causes you to overreact in angry, foolish, and regrettable ways.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:19PM Anger almost never makes things better. In fact, it usually generates additional problems
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:19PM If your spouse offends you, do you quickly retaliate, or do you stay under control?
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:20PM Do you find that anger is your emotional default when treated unfairly? if so, you are spreading poison rather than medicine.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:21PM Anger is usually caused when the strong desire for something is mixed with disappointment or grief.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:22PM You don't get what you e\want and you start heating up inside. It is often an emotional reaction
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:23PM that flows out of our own selfishness, foolishness, or evil motives.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:24PM 'A hot-tempered man stirs up strifes, but the slow to anger calms a dispute' - Proverbs 15:18
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:25PM Patience is where love meets wisdom. And every marriage needs that combination to stay healthy.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:26PM Patience helps you give your spouse permission to be human. It understands that everyone fails.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:27PM When a mistake is made, it chooses to give them more time than they deserve to correct it.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:28PM But can your spouse count on having a patient wife or husband to deal with? Can she knows that locking her keys in the car will be met
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:28PM by your understanding rather than a demeaning lecture that makes her feel like a child?
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:29PM Few of us do patience very well, and none of us do it naturally. But wise men and women will pursue it as an essential ingredient
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:29PM to their marriage relationships. That's a good starting point to demonstrate true love.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:30PM This Love Dare journey is a process, and the first thing you must resolve to possess is patience.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:30PM **Think of it as a marathon, not a sprint. But it's race worth running**
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:31PM **Today's dare**: The first part of this dare is fairly simple. Although love is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:32PM the condition of our heart. Fo the next day, resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:32PM If the temptation arises, choose not to say anything. It's better to hold your tongue than to say something you'll regret.
sugiggs says Sep 02, 2009 07:33PM Did anything happen today to cause anger toward your mate? Were u tempted to think disapproving thoughts and to let them come out in words?
