Love Dare and Day 1

My husband and I have decided to participate in the Love Dare. It is a series of "Dares" that you partake in either with your spouse or on your own and it is based off the move Fireproof. Henry and I decided that we would both do it and write about our experiences with the dare and how we felt. We started on Oct 14th and we hope that the next 40 days shows us new and beautiful things about each other and our relationship.

Day 1 Dare

Resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all.

At first I thought this would be pretty easy. Henry and I were both at work all day so I figured I wouldn't really have a chance to say anything negative but boy was I wrong. After making lunch and realizing the bag of chips that was open the night before was missing I called him and asked him where it went. I found my self getting annoyed and short with him when he spoke to me on the phone and said he took the bag with him to work. I was annoyed because I didn't want two bag of chips open and also because I knew he would sit there and snack on them and finish the whole bag without realizing it and then come home and use the next bag for his lunch the next day. When what I was really hopeing was that the bag would last us a week because we really only eat chips with lunch (usually his lunch that I pack for him to take to work). After I got off the phone I felt guilty for being so annoyed over something so stupid. Though I didn't say anything negative but I did hae a negative tone which is just as bad and I know that he could hear it. I need to work on that and prove and show my amazing husband that I respect and understand him even if or when he does something that I may not approve or like. We both need to work on being patient with one another which I feel is harder than saying something negatives. It is easier for me to hold my tounge and speak out of love then it is to be patient and just let things happen the way they should. I need to trust in God more and worry less!