Day 27's challenge couples with Day 26's for me. I feel like he wants me to be better at keeping the house neat and clean but at the same time I found myself wondering why just me? Why can't others help me as well, they live here too. And really that is one of the biggest issues I have in our marriage. I feel like I'm doing all the work sometimes. But throughout this challenge at some point, that no longer became how I feel. I'm okay now with doing the work I do and even trying (and wanting) to do more. The unrealistic expectations that I had of him splitting the housework 50/50 with me is truly unrealistic. He does more of the outside work, especially during the winter months. Yesterday, he spent the morning shoveling the drive way. I've come to terms with where we are and what we're each contributing. Our pastor pointed out, during our marriage series last year, that we should be careful listing out each others duties in order to see who's doing more, because you might be surprised, it might be that you're the one doing less!
It looks like maybe they've revamped the Love Dare website (maybe gearing up for Valentine's Day?). So, unfortunately all the old links I used aren't working and they no longer have the comments from the people who did the challenge last year. But on the bright side, you can still see what the challenges are.
He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 3:16
Follow others that are doing the Love Dare by checking of Mama to 3 Blessings' post and Linky.
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