—Proverbs 16:32
Women are different than us. What tempts you isn't necessarily what tempts her. One leading reason wives are tempted by outside relationships - I'm talking about having an affair - is when another man sees her in a different way than her husband does. And often it is simply that we don't have the time or take the time to see her anymore.
I don't mean physical appearance, you know, that you see her without makeup, wearing your old t-shirt around the house, or worse, to bed, while everyone else sees the dressed up perfectly-coiffed version. If you're not careful you will forget what you saw in her that made her worth pursuing. Not her looks but her self, her personality, her passions, her heart. And when a husband forgets those things about his wife, he opens the door for someone else to notice. And while they're noticing her, we're only paying attention to the things that irritate us. I'm not trying to alarm you. But I do want to help you divorce-proof your marriage! That's one of the strategies of these 40 days.
So yesterday you heard some things she isn't happy with. Today it's time to begin doing something about it. I hope you took it like a man. If you did you probably feel pretty good about yourself. Want to feel even better about yourself? Follow through on today's dare and begin taking steps to become the husband she wants, and needs.
TODAY’S DARE
1. Choose today to react to tough circumstances in your marriage in loving ways instead of with irritation.
2. Begin right now, on your computer, making a list of areas where you need to add margin to your schedule.
3. Next, list any wrong motivations that you need to release from your life so you can create that margin. Start today working on it and set a reminder to review it next Saturday.
If you're bold enough, share a couple of those in a comment below.
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