Clothing

Challenge
-Wear something you think your husband will enjoy

It doesn't have to be lingerie.

Maybe your husband has said he likes it when you wear a ballcap, skirts, his favorite team's jersey, leather boots, lipstick, _____________(Fill in the blank)

If in doubt, wear no underwear and make sure he knows it.

Oldies but goodies...

Challenge
-For every year your husband is old, write down something you like about him

Evaluation

Evaluate your heart toward your husband.

Are you harboring bitterness in the form of disappointment?  

Are you frustrated with him more often than not?

Are you constantly thinking he is making mistakes?

Are you getting lazy and not making an effort to put him first?

Remember that God loves you and your husband.  

God still knows what your husband does and doesn't do.

He still watches your reactions and responses to your husband.

He is still teaching your husband, still shaping him.

Be patient.

Enjoy your time with your husband.

Be his smiles and his encouragement.

Believe that God will enable him.

Believe that he can take on the world.

Fall in love with him again by serving him, remembering all the good things about him, and laughing together.

Challenge

-Evaluate your heart.

-Ask God to show you where you need change and that he would help you change

-Ask God to give turn your heart wholly toward your husband

Helper...

Challenge
-Do 3 things that will be helpful to your husband today

Compartments...

Assume the best

If your husband is frustrated, don't take it personally.

My husband describes men as having compartments.  They put their fear in one, their work in another, etc.  They are able to just shove feelings and events into their compartments and not think about them.

But when some of these compartments (Stress and fear mainly) get full, they overflow with frustration and anger.

Understand that you, as a person, are probably not the root of his anger.

If you have done something wrong, apologize and work on fixing the problem, but don't walk on eggshells.

Believe that your husband has good intentions, even when he is a bear.

Most men have a desire to be a good husband and father.

Most of them do not have a desire to get angry.

Love him anyway.

Pray for him.

Even if he is angry, he would still die for you, the greatest act of love.

He still loves you when he's angry.

He probably even still likes you when he's angry.

Challenge

-Next time your husband is grouchy, angry, or frustrated pray for him

PIck 2...

Challenge
-Pick two of the following

-Send him a letter, text message, or e-mail praising or thanking him
-Make his favorite food for dinner
-Wear his favorite lingerie underneath your regular clothes (And make sure he knows it)
-Clean the area he spends the most time
-Spend the whole evening with him
-Give him an entire body massage

Love...

True love is not a feeling, or an emotion.

It's choosing to stick with someone, no matter what.

Respect someone, even after they've fallen.

It's putting them first, period.

Regardless of the finances, you laugh together.

Regardless of how insensitive he seems, you serve him cheerfully.

Regardless of how many things have been broken, how many kids have thrown up, how many minutes he was late, you still kiss him and tell him he's hot.

Regardless of how unspiritual he seems, you let God convict him.

Regardless, he is yours.

No one can love him the way you can.

No one's respect will mean more.

Be his one true love.

Challenge

-Come up with a creative way to say I love you or I respect you.