Day 1: Love is patient (Jenn)

Be completely humble and gently; be patient, bearing with one another in love. – Ephesians 4:2 NIV

The dare:

“The first part of this dare is fairly simple. Although love is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect the condition of our heart. For the next day, resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all. If the temptation arises, choose not to say anything. It’s better to hold your tongue than to say something you’ll regret.”

I have to admit that I failed miserably in the first day. Last night after I read Day 1, Jason, Haley and I went out to eat with his mother for my birthday. I have not been on speaking terms with my mother-in-law for a couple of weeks. She has rubbed me the wrong way on a few issues and so I have been avoiding her. Last night Jason brought up the two baseball tournaments that are going to be out of town. I told him that Haley and I will probably not make it because we do not have the extra money for hotel rooms and I was hoping the conversation would stop there, but it didn’t and then my mother-in-law jumped in that she would be more than willing to pay for the hotel if she could tag along. She has a habit of trying to tag along on all of our plans and it gets a little annoying. I was trying to get Jason to be quiet, but he wasn’t paying attention to me. After I came out of the restroom, while mother-in-law was still in there, I called Jason an asshole. Now it seems very childish and I immediately regretted saying it because I could see the hurt on his face.

I am trying to be better today, but I have a hard time keeping the negative comments to myself.