Truth or Dare...

Have you ever downloaded a cheesy Truth or Dare on your smartphone or tablet? The game that once required nothing more than creativity and some teenagers looking for a thrill, doesn't even require creativity anymore.  Let the app give you questions to embarrass, or dares to challenge your inhibitions...

I'll admit it, I'm not far from a teenager's mindset (most guys aren't), so I downloaded an app, and one night we gave it a try.  Guess what - the truth section was really boring.  What might take some bravery for a teen to admit to peers, was common knowledge between us.  A game of truth isn't much of a game if you can answer each other's questions...

However, I know many marriages where there is a virtual treasure trove of unknowns in the relationship.  Unlocking the, "don't let my wife know's," the "if my husband found out's," the "I could never tell her that's," and the "he thinks he knows, but he doesn't really's," would be much more daring than making a prank call or putting your clothes on inside out.  But they need to come out if you have hope of getting to the garden.

If we are ever to have marriages where we are really knowing, understanding, and appreciating each other - you have to get things out in the open.  Probably not all at once, and if there is long standing pattern of omission care needs to be taken.  But to have a Biblical marriage, one where "they were naked and not ashamed" the game of "Truth" must be really boring.

But the dares don't have to be....