Day 10: Love is unconditional

10/24/16

God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8

TODAY’S DARE
Do something out of the ordinary today for your spouse—something that proves (to you and to them) that your love is based on your choice and nothing else. Wash her car. Clean the kitchen. Buy his favorite dessert. Fold the laundry. Demonstrate love to them for the sheer joy of being their partner in marriage.

Journal Questions: Has your luck typically been based on your spouse's attributes and behavior, or have you based instead on your own commitment? How can you continue to show love when it's not returned in the way you hoped for?

My responses: I always do this, love unconditionally based on my own commitment. It's not based on "how I feel" or "what he's done". If it were based solely on what he's done, I'd be showing very little love. I don't have to choose to do it (most of the time), it's natural.
I went up the prayer without asking him and when I went up and prayed for them while they were praying with Pastor, even though he didn't invite me to come up with them after church. That was automatic, led by the spirit because of who I am.
--also I didn't tell him that day I felt left out, I didn't tell him until a week later when I listed many times he's left me out of important things.