Today’s “Dare” begins: Love is not rude. Once again, I find it difficult to carry out the dare of the day. I say this because I genuinely feel as though I am never rude to my husband. In fact, from the beginning of our marriage, courtesy and manners have been something we’ve continually practiced. But I am determined to go through this book and so I read the chapter and considered the definitions, thoughts and suggestions. And then I had thought on them for a number of days. Nothing irritates others as quickly as being rude. Rudeness is unnecessarily…
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This isn’t a blanket endorsement of Stephen Colbert or The Colbert Nation… but I’m just posting this so that you’ll see the lengths to which some people are going to deceive others or to discredit the Bible. I first saw this at an apologetics conference this weekend during a talk by Dr. Doug Geivett. He was talking about evidence and why it matters — evidence for Christian theology. He made an interesting comment regarding evidence: Evidence has never mattered more than it does today. Evidence has never mattered less than it does today. Do…
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There’s more to this than meets the eye. Stuff you don’t know until you do.
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Have you let someone mock you and steal your dream? Our family crowed [sorry, that’s a typo. Our family didn’t crow around the computer — we crowded; c-r-o-w-d-e-d]around the computer to view a YouTube video that was suggested to us. So we waited for the video clip to upload…. When she walked on the stage of “Britain’s Got Talent” it was obvious what the audience thought of the contestant, Susan Boyle. Standing there, smiling and obviously pleased to be there, she was — to worldly eyes — not stylish, attractive, seductive or of much interest — and certainly not a…
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I’m in awe… thankful and amazed at the mercy of God. I could never do anything, be anything, think anything: to earn my way to redemption. But God! Because of the cross… because of Jesus — Jesus alone I stand redeemed. I stand in awe, I stand redeemed. Consider Jesus… who lived among men, was crucified, suffered, died, rose again, was seen by many, ascended into heaven and ever lives to make intercession for us who believe. Jesus is coming again. Trust in Him. Believe today… repent and follow Him. because of Jesus… we have life. “Looking unto Jesus…
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“Love thinks. It’s not a mindless feeling that rides on waves of emotion and falls asleep mentally. It keeps busy in thought, knowing that loving thoughts precede loving actions.” Today’s ‘dare’ is based on the principle that Love is Thoughtful. I have been prompted to ask myself many times: is this thoughtful… am I mindful of his feelings, wishes, desires? Am I thinking — really thinking — of his needs? The book outlines ways we slip out of being thoughtful — or how we tend to be less thoughtful than we were, say, when we were…
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Love is not Selfish. This chapter begins with the comment: “We live in a world that is enamored with ‘self.’ The culture around us teaches us to focus on our appearance, feelings, and personal desires as the top priority. The goal, it seems, is to chase the highest level of happiness possible…” I am continuing to mull over each days’ entries and suggestions. I am finding that it’s increasingly difficult to relate to this book from my personal standpoint — and I’ll tell you why. My husband and I have determined to whatever has been necessary to have a strong,…
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“Look, Mama! I’m getting so good at exemotion points. See?” And on the page a beautifully written exclamation point !
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“We should not let 2% of the population determine or change the definition of marriage….” RW Back to “…Rwanda……and what the recession is doing to the spiritual climate of our nation…”
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The Love Dare — Day 2 — Love is Kind Today’s Dare was much like (in my mind anyway) yesterday’s dare — except it was more “outward” or “tangible” instead of passive, personal or inward. Whereas yesterday’s dare was a “be careful, little mouth, what you say” sort of thing, I think today’s dare was more: be careful caring, little hands, what you do. However, that said, being kind (as with being patient) also requires great emotional and verbal restraint from time to time. Not reading ahead for tomorrow’s dare, the coupling of the first two ‘dares’ for the…