Day 8: Love is Not Jealous
DETERMINE TO BECOME YOUR SPOUSE'S BIGGEST FAN AND TO REJECT ANY THOUGHTS OF JEALOUSY. TO HELP YOU SET YOUR HEART ON YOUR SPOUSE AND FOCUS ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, TAKE YESTERDAY'S LIST OF NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES AND DISCREETLY BURN IT. THEN SHARE WITH YOUR SPOUSE HOW GLAD YOU ARE ABOUT A SUCCESS HE OR SHE RECENTLY ENJOYED.
Just between us, do you struggle with feelings of jealousy? Your coworker received the promotion. Your friend has more friends, cuter clothes, better golf score, bigger house, smarter kids, or worst of all - smaller thighs. Or - maybe you're jealous of your spouse. He wears clothes the entire day without spit-up. She didn't have to risk her life on treacherous "glistening and sparkling" snow-covered roads today - to pay the bills. He gets to eat out for lunch; she gets all the mac-n-cheese she wants every day.
Love is not jealous. Love promotes, love encourages, and love rejoices in successes. Throw a celebration party - not a pity party. God says we're to complete one another, not compete with one another. Be their #1 fan!
VERSE FOR TODAY'S DARE: "For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice" (James 3:16).
THOUGHT FOR TODAY'S DARE: You're on the same team. Choose to get out of the grandstand and in the game. Go, fight (for your marriage), and WIN!
Make this a "victorious" day,
Dale and Susan
(Want to take it a step further? Purchase the “Love Dare” book by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick for additional information and to record your results.)
