Friday, October 2, 2009

My Perspective on The Noticer


The Noticer is one of those books that make you say “humm… I never thought about it like that”. Have you ever been somewhere and an unlikely person had an opportunity to speak into your life and change how you viewed a situation? In the Noticer that man’s name is Jones. Jones was the type of person that became your new best friend and you could not figure out why the two of you are so close and why on earth are you sharing your life's greatest fears and failures, after the two of you just met.


This book touches on several concepts that I have read from different authors, but ties them in very nicely. The book can be a page-turner when you read a story that may apply to your life. You can easily put it down but you will want to pick it back up to see who's life Jones is changing next.


This book is full of people that were changed forever, having someone like Jones a stranger; show them a little perspective on what has them all tied up in a knot. I have read many of the concepts and thought processes Jones shared with his new best friends in different books, and even I found myself looking at life’s struggles and uncertainty from a different perspective.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Day 1: Love is patient

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

TODAY’S 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.


MY EXPERIENCE
Love is an amazing thing. When I started this section I thought I would have been done with this walk by the end of August.

Well it is the beginning of October and guess what?!? I am still on day one. I am not on day one because I forgot to blog, I am on day one because it was challenging for me.

Every marriage has its tests & trials and despite the fact that we have conquered quite a few of them. In doing this study I learned I lost patient with my husband and I did not realize the negative things I said until I started this journey. I thought I was being objective. humm...

Last night while going over the events of my day I realized I not only held my tongue but most importantly I got my thoughts under control as well. Time to go to Day 2