{"id":22958,"date":"2013-01-31T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T19:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=22958"},"modified":"2013-01-31T14:23:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T19:23:39","slug":"the-love-dare-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/the-love-dare-38\/","title":{"rendered":"The Love Dare.38"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s chapter is called Love fulfills dreams.<\/strong>
\nI like that. I wish I had taken more time to ask my spouse, “What are your dreams?” It’s an incredibly intimate thing to share your hopes and dreams. It’s what spouses should do together – a lot.<\/p>\n

The chapter starts off with the question: “What is something your spouse would really, really love? And how often do you ask yourself that question?”<\/p>\n

Here’s another nugget: “Love sometimes needs to be extravagant. To go all out. It sometimes needs to set aside the technicalities and just bless because it wants to.”<\/p>\n

YES! I love how the next paragraphs answer a legitimate challenge:<\/p>\n

“Is that thinking too much like a teenager? Is love like this no longer on the menu after so many years of marriage? After all, with the way your relationship might be at the moment, wouldn’t it be less than genuine to indulge your spouse if your heart’s not in it?<\/p>\n

“Well, how about putting your heart in it. How about adopting a new level of love that actually wants to fulfill every dream and desire you possibly can. Hasn’t God’s love met needs in your heart that once seemed out of the question?”<\/p>\n

“Dreams and desires come in all shapes and sizes. But love takes careful notice of each one.<\/p>\n

Love calls you to listen to what your mate is saying and hoping for.
\nLove calls you to remember the things that are unique to your relationship, the pleasures and enjoyments that bring a smile to the other’s face.
\nLove calls you to give when it would be a lot more convenient to wait.
\nAnd love calls you to daydream about these opportunities so regularly that their desires become yours as well.<\/p>\n

We dare you to think in terms of overwhelming your spouse with love. To surprise them by exceeding all their expectations with your kindness. It may or may not be a financial sacrifice, but it needs to reflect a heart that is willing to express itself with extravagance. What is something your spouse would really, really love? It’s time you started living out the answer to that question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today’s Love Dare<\/strong><\/span>:
\nAsk yourself what your mate would want if it was obtainable. Commit this to prayer, and start mapping out a plan for meeting some (if not all) of their desires, to whatever level you possibly can.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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