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Sitting across from Jasmine today I realized something- She makes me a better person. Well, she makes me want to be a better person. She makes me want to take care of priorities on hand. She makes me want to make others smile. She makes me want to clean the house. She makes me want to surprise her. She makes me want to be closer to God and I hope I make her want to do the same. I don’t praise her enough publicly so here ya go. She is my better half. The one thing she has and that I need more of is compassion. She feels it when I am skeptical of the situation. //What one character trait do you wish you were better at?

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http://xan121562.wordpress.com Beverly Brown

Nice post! I’m impatient. Selfish is a close second.
http://rickwsmith.com Rick Smith

Great post man! That’s the stuff I like reading!

We need more Godly husbands out there!

Way to love your wife well! (now just pay more attention to her then to your twitter feed/iphone!) – and I’ll try to do the same..
http://intensedebate.com/people/jasonthebaldguy jasonthebaldguy

hey man,

Its always good to see a guy give his lady credit. Good women are hard to find and the right woman is darn near impossible to find. (paraphrase from proverbs) Glad I found your blog. you are definitely on my "Highly Reccommended" links on my blog. Keep up the great writing.

In comment to your question I think I could use some work on listening… its a hard one… I have ADD and I tend to zone out on people, some of it is just being too selfish to continue listening and caring.. I am working on it though.
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Thanks man. Haha. I work on that everyday
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Thanks. Yeah I'm pretty selfish, too.
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Thanks man. Yeah I need work on the listening part, too. Jasmine ends up having to repeat herself way too much.
http://www.texianonline.com/ Arsento

Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.
prodigal59

awesome post bro. I lack in this area tremendously, still working on it. Life long commitment sounds scary and makes us sometimes put important stuff on the back burner because its life long. But we arent promised tommorrow, so its best if we honor and love and cherish our spouses today, because who knows what a day can bring.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Beaconhillnw Jim

dude…my wife reminds me of 2 things all the time…
1-we have to wake up and make choices everyday-one of those is to love God completely
2-Only by having a right relationship with God can we continue to make the choice to love God completely everyday…
http://twitter.com/gidgey @gidgey

Keeping my mouth shut–having discernment on when to speak. Normally twitter helps me stay bad.
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http://intensedebate.com/people/gbrenna Graham Brenna

I would also say patience… but finding my "shut-up button" is a close second.
http://intensedebate.com/people/wildcat1998 wildcat1998

Wow! What a wonderful post. You are setting a good example. I would say that I need to be quiet and listen more, not only to God but to people. I used to be a great listener and I am not exactly sure why that changed, but I'd like to get it back.
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Thanks man. Thanks for being open. And yes amen
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

That's some awesome advice. Thanks for that man
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Haha. Yeah Thats another thing I need help with too
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Haha. Yeah patience is another one
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Thanks. Yep I need to be a better listener. That's probably my #2 problem
http://intensedebate.com/people/Coenraad Coenraad

I tend to be a person that speaks my mind, in the heat of the moment. Thank God for an awesome wife, that does not have that trait, and who are very sensitive to this particular character trait.

she will subtly remind me when I am getting out of line, and usually pull me in the right direction. I love her for it, usually only after the fact though. Haha
http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

haha. yeah mine does the same. i get really quiet when I'm angry and will start talking to her soon after.
http://twitter.com/lollimum @lollimum

Good post. One character trait? Only one? That would be peace – defined as calm assurance – in the midst of the storm…followed by patience…
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http://intensedebate.com/people/jackalopekid jackalopekid

Another good reply. U should have ur own blog

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