Tuesday, June 21, 2011

"Love Dare" first week!

So, Steven and I recently wanted to start a devotional with each other!  We didn't know where to start!  I had the movie Fireproof, and I thought that would be a good movie for us to watch together.  After we watched it, the next day we went to Barnes & Nobles looking for some books for Aiden.  We ended up browsing the Christian section, and came across "The Love Dare".  They were two sets of books, a forty day journey, and a year journey.  We decided to devote our self to the year journey!  I thought that it would be great to blog about it also, so I can go back and see what I have learned from it, and maybe a young couple would want to try and do the same thing! 

So far, we are only a week into it!  We started a new week yesterday.  The first week came with a weekly prayer, it was to ask GOD to teach you how to love and be a loving person.  I felt like my heart was tested this week.  Almost a year ago, I lost one of my friends over some things here and there, not going into details!  Anyways, I recently talked to Steven about her, and he said that I needed to forgive her in my heart, and not have hatred towards her.  That night when I said my prayer, I prayed for her and her son.  Hours later, I received an email from her.  It stated that she wanted me to forgive her and not hate her.  I thought that was so crazy, the fact that Steven and I talked about how I don't need any hatred on my heart.  It was a test from GOD, at least it was for me!  If you knew the background behind things.  So, I slept on it, reread it in the morning and replied back.  A year ago, I would of ignored or deleted the email, but I responded, in a kind, loving way.  I feel like the first week was a success!  Hopefully lol!

We are on week two, so I will see what the next week brings!

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