TODAY’S DARE: Dare to take God at His Word. Dare to trust Jesus Christ for salvation. Dare to pray, “Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. But You have shown Your love for me by dying to forgive my sins, and You have proven Your power to save me from death by Your resurrection. Lord, change my heart, and save me by Your grace.” I'm really having a hard time with this.  I have lived my life trying to be a good person, to "do unto others as you would have done unto you".  I follow the ten commandments.  I just don't believe that God only loves and forgives and answers prayers for those who believe in this one way.  I don't believe that I am going to hell if I don't give myself to God completely.  I don't believe that I can't love my husband through all of his faults if I'm not saved by God.  These last couple of days have really been dificult for me because it has made me feel that if I can't do this, if I can't give myself to God, then my prayers won't be answered and my marriage will fail.  I don't want to feel that way.   So, I will continue doing this Dare and believing that God does not discriminate and he loves everyone regardless of how we choose to believe in him and his ways.   I will continue to pray for my husband, pray for myself and pray for my marriage.  Day 6 - Love is not irritable update:  One of the things that I was supposed to do on that day was to find ways to add margin to my life so that I can be less irritable.  I felt that I needed to learn how to say NO more often and stop volunteering for things that I really didn't have time for.  Well, yesterday I made a decision to cut back on all the dog club stuff.  During my usual moods of trying to be helpful I made a suggestion which didn't set will with the President of the club and he once again took offense and acted like a child in his response.  I practiced my Day 1 dare and restrained from negative comments (but not negative thoughts) and decided that I didn't need the stress from this group and that my marriage was more important.  I didn't need to spend my energy on something less important and stress myself out needlessly.  I resigned my position in the Club.  I am also considering severing ties or with the rest of the community as it continues to monopolize my time both at home and work.  I need to focus on what is happening in my own world and that is my husband, my friends & family, my dog and my job.