With all the love we've been practicing lately, it is easy to become discouraged if our spouses don't appear to take notice. Let us be reminded why we are taking this challenge: to love our spouses the way we should love them, deeply and unconditionally. That means that no matter what their actions, we will still demonstrate our love for them. If you are seeking praise, know you may not receive it. If you're seeking to love your spouse, know you are already accomplishing that.
Proverbs 27:2 reminds us of the humility that we are supposed to exhibit in saying: "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth..." We are going to practice this in two ways: First, when we do things for our spouses we will NOT point it out to them! If they want to commend us on something that we have done, so be it. But we're not going to go out of our way to say 'look what I did for you!' Second, we are going to be the ones to praise them for what they have done, no matter how big or how little.
Today's challenge is to give your spouse a sincere compliment.
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