LOVE DARE DAY ELEVEN

     Day eleven! Love cherishes. Scripture Verse: "Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies." Eph 5:28. THE DARE: What need does your spouse have that you could meet today? Can you run an errand? Give a back rub or a foot massage? Is there housework that you could help with? Choose a gesture that says... "I cherish you..." and do it with a smile.
     This day gave an interesting perspective on how we should cherish our spouse. This is osmething that comes natural int he early days of our relationship and marriage. We think everything they say and do is wonderful. One day you wake up and realize that your spouse isn't perfect. And over time we began to take them for granted and cherish them less. In my case this was very unintentional.
    Okay, ladies, just because this scripture is talking to husbands, doesn't mean that we don't have to listen to it. In fact, we have to listen to every word. Look at it this way, if you broke your favorite necklace, you would do everything in your power to fix it right? Just like a man gets hurt by when his vehicle is broken, or his motorcycle, or his guitar. Well, it's the same with marriage. Because things aren't always going smoothly doesn't mean it's time to kill the relationship because it's going to be too expensive to fix. You work at it to try to fix the problem. You save money and take it to a mechanic. Or with marriage, you save money and go fix your problem with a marriage counsler.
     If we love our spouse like we love ourselves, then we should always try our best to take care of them. IF we love our hobbies, we should love their hobbies and every little thing about them. This means that if you say or do something hurtful to your spouse you are ultimately hurting yourself.  This task again building on all the other aspects and tasks that have been covered so far.
     With all of this in mind, the task for this day was to do something for them that shows them you cherish them. Bert is running an errand to go get a new light fixture in the kitchen. I have been bugging him for a week to go run that errand for me. I'm guessing he has already read today's dare and going to get the fixture with a smile on his face. I think when he gets home, I will eagerly help him fix it with a smile on my face. I feel as if I am starting to run out of tasks to do! I wonder what the next dare will bring us!
     And I think since he actually remembered to bring his cell phone with him today to run the errand, I'll simply text a little, I LOVE YOU to him =) I think that would bring a smile on his face letting him know I was thinking about him....