Love makes sacrifices.
I must admit today's dare is the hardest so far.
Yet Scripture reminds that lives that have been raised from death by Jesus' sacrifice should be ready and willing to make daily sacrifices to meet the needs of others.
I am nakedly aware that I am usually the first to feel it when I am the one being mistreated or inconvenienced.
When life is difficult for me, I notice.
Unfortunately, the only way I notice that life is hard for my wife is when she start complaining about it.
Her pain and pressure most of the time do not register with me the way it does when it is my pain and pressure.
Yet when I complain, I expect her to understand and feel sorry for me.
Today's dare challenges that love does not have to be jarred awake by my wife's obvious signs of distress.
Love desires that I be sensitive to my wife.
Love makes sacrifice.
Love shows compassion.
Love inspires to say "no" to what I want, in order to say "yes" to what my wife needs ( Matthew 25:35-36).
I have to let love pick me up out of my self-pity and turn my attention to my wife's needs.
Love is willing to make sacrifices to see that the needs of my wife are given my very best effort and focus.
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