"The Love Dare" Day 3

Well, for those of you who still haven't seen "Fireproof" the movie, what are you doing? Stop reading this dumb blog and go get tickets for you and your spouse right now!!

Claire and I saw this excellent movie on Saturday. From the makers of "Facing the Giants," this movie takes aim at addressing the central issues in marriage. The main character, Caleb, is played by Kirk Cameron. Rock on Kirk! Caleb is an amazing firefighter. However, his marriage is burning to the ground.
Unable to understand how to save their marriage, Caleb and his wife are headed for divorce fast.



His father gives him a book, "The Love Dare." It requires a 40 day commitment from Caleb to do everything the book says, one day at a time. Day 1: "Resolve to be patient with your spouse today, and to say nothing unkind out of impatience." Day 2: "In addition to not saying anything negative to your spouse today, also do one random act of kindness."

Well, the days move on, and Caleb begins to realize his biggest problem in marriage is himself. He is a selfish husband.

Well, as you can expect, a happy ending results.

The coolest part:
You can get a copy of the love dare for your own marriage. Yup. Not that we're on our way towards a divorce (in fact, far from it), but we consider it a little preventative maintenance. Claire and I started reading it together just a few days ago.

Today is Day 3 for us.
Todays Dare: "What you invest your time and money into will determine what you have chosen to love. Your heart will be inclined to what you invest in. Today, buy something unexpected for your spouse as a way of showing them that they are what you value most."

I thought as Claire and I read it on the couch this morning, "Oh that's sad. Claire wont be leaving the house today, so she wont be able to buy me anything."

But my sweet wife outsmarted me again. Yes, again. I just got this email.


Praise God for my amazing wife and the sweet blessing that she is to me in ALL of the creative ways that she chooses to give up her own wants for the sake of meeting mine. Thanks baby, you rock! I am praying that God will fireproof our marriage from now until death does us apart (or Christ returns).

So you're wondering what MY gift is to Claire. Well, I haven't given it to her yet, so you'll just have to wait and see...