Love is Kind

What better day to show kindness in love that on Valentine's Day?!!! I chose to do this dare with my very own roommate by making her a handcrafted Valentine Card (with handmade confetti hearts!), and she totally loved it. It felt good to make someone else happy, and doing something nice for others forces one to think outside of ourselves, which is what makes the world go round. I'm startin' to dig this whole Love Dare thing. :)

Moving along to Day 3- Love is not selfish. Here's a few snippets from the article:

You either make decisions out of love for others or love for yourself. You can’t be acting out of real love and selfishness at the same time.

Ask yourself these questions:

• Do I truly want what’s best for those around me?

• Do I want them to feel loved by me?

• Do they believe I have their best interests in mind?

• Do they see me as looking out for myself first?
Those are some good questions to ask ourselves. As for myself, I think I am more worried about how I feel loved or unloved by others. I am not thinking about how I can show love. It would take so much weight off if I focused more on giving rather than receiving love. Most of my emotional and mental chaos stems from focusing inward rather than outward, focusing on what I'm getting, rather than what I'm giving. I do this with God as well as others. I get angry at what He's not giving me, rather than obeying His most important commandment: Love others. This Dare is my favorite so far because I know it's exactly what I need: to get out of my own head and reach out for others' hearts. To react less and act more. What are some ways that you struggle with this? Feel free to share, and here's your dare for Day 3:

Whatever you put your time, energy, and money into will become more important to you. It’s hard to care for something you are not investing in. Along with restraining from negative comments, do something for someone that says, “I was thinking of you today.”
And just a side note: the Women's Development Program has started again, which means I will be busy as all get out, so I might not be able to update this thing as regularly as I like. But I will do my best, and hopefully I'll have some good blogs from what I learn in the program. I'm excited to get back in the Word and dig deeper. Happy Valentine's everybody!!!

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