Day 33:Love Completes Each Other

What are some upcoming decisions you can make together? Where to live and when to move.

What did you learn today about the role of your mate? Just reminded me that we both have different gifts and that we need to listen to one another and work as a team.

Day 32: Love meets Sexual Needs

Was this a satisfying experience for you?

If it didn't turn out the way you hoped, what do you think is complicating matters?

Have you committed this to prayer?

If it was a true blessing for both of you, what you can you learn from this for the future?

Due to the privacy of these questions I am not answering them on this public blog. For readers who are not aware, Stormi O Martian has wonderful books "Power of a Praying Husband" and "Power of a Praying Wife" that have some wonderful prayers for the sexual relationship of a man and wife.

Day 31: Love and Marriage

Has this been hard for you to deal with? Yes, early in our relatioinship it was.

How has it affected your relationship? More conflict and distance.

Day 30:Love Brings Unity

Did the Lord open your eyes to anything new that might be giving fuel to this disagreement? Selfishness.

How do you intend to respond? Try to be more sensitive to my wife.

What do you hope to see God do in your spouse as well? Help her to be more sensitive to me so we are in better balance.

Day 29:Love's Motivation

How will this change of motivation affect your relationship and reactions. Hopefully I will be more consistently loving from a pure heart.

What does this inspire you to do? Not sure.

What does this inspire you to stop doing? Not sure.

Sidenote. I have really been having trouble the last couple or three days, really putting my heart into some of these dares. I do have them in the back of my mind, but just haven't had alot of oomph lately. I do notice that I tend to be appreciating my wife more though through doing this 40day love dare.

Day 28: Love makes Sacrifices

How much of your mate's stress is caused by your lack of concern or initiative? Unfortunately, probably alot.

When you expressed a desire to help, how did they recieve it? Ok.

Are there other needs you could meet? Try to get newspaper pile down before, company tommorrow.

Day 27:Love encourages

When you place high expectations on your spouse that they don't feel internally motivated to attain,what does that tell you about yourself?- That I am very demanding of others.

What are some better ways to deal with these disconnects? Encourage them when I see things I really appreciate.