Saturday, February 5, 2011

LOVE DARE #33

Day 33: Love Completes Each Other

RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR SPOUSE IS INTEGRAL TO YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS. LET THEM KNOW TODAY THAT YOU DESIRE TO INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR UPCOMING DECISIONS, AND THAT YOU NEED THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND COUNSEL. IF YOU HAVE IGNORED THEIR INPUT IN THE PAST, ADMIT YOUR OVERSIGHT AND ASK THEM TO FORGIVE YOU.

If we were to continue with a math analysis, today's LOVE DARE would debunk the 1+1=1. In actuality, 1+1= a whole lot more! Depending on your personality style, you may like accomplishing things on your own - independent. However, we don't just independently coexist in the same home. In fact, when working together, we multiply the effectiveness of our accomplishments.

In other words - synergy. Let's use a musical note for an example. One note - sounds okay, but combine a bunch of notes together and we create beautiful music. When we work together as a team, we harmonize.

VERSE FOR TODAY'S DARE: "If two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?" (Ecclesiastes 4:11).
THOUGHT FOR TODAY'S DARE: Working together, we are greater than the sum of our independent parts. Make your marriage = a whole lot more. Complete the equation - complete each other.

Blessings for a "musical" day,
Dale and Susan Crook

(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.)