Pray for your husband

 

 

 

 

Pray for your husband.

Have you ever really thought about that?

Pray for your husband.

What does that mean exactly?

What are the right words to say? Are there right words to say?

I settled on telling God about my pride in my husband, gratefulness for his heart and who he is. My ever increasing awareness of how selfless he really is. I never worry if I am enough, because he always makes know that I am.He loves me, all of me and never do I worry that I’ve disappointed him. His kindness towards animals. That may sound silly, but I’m a firm believer of being able to tell a lot about a man by how kind he is to animals. I could go on and on about how I am effected by his love for me and how he proves it daily.

That’s where I struggled a bit. And honestly, even struggled about writing this portion because it’s taboo. If you talk to God about what you are needing in your marriage, then you must have problems in your marriage, right?

That’s where I realized I was wrong. We are to come to God and talk to him like our best friend, telling him our needs, our wants, our hopes and dreams. Why wouldn’t you include your needs and wants and hopes and dreams of your marriage, bringing them before God so that he’s all inclusive in it?

So I did.

I prayed for my husband.

I thanked him for all that he is. I prayed for all that I want, need our marriage to be. I took time, everyday, to talk to God about my marriage. How can I be a better wife? How can I support him better?

Girls, let me tell you what happened. The most amazing thing.

One day, my husband got home from work, took a shower and came down to the kitchen where I was cooking, with our weekly marriage devotion book in hand. We put the phones on vibrate. We prayed. Turns out, God had a little talk with my husband. And wouldn’t you know it, it was everything I prayed for. It was answered prayer. I spoke. He heard. He let my husband in on it.It was the best weekly devotion we’ve had to date.

 

The strangest thing happened after.

We were always happy, but I now felt more happy. Always shard a close intimacy, but now more intimate. Always truthful,but now shared more truth. Always missed him, but now more. Always in love, but now more in love. I loved my husband, more.

 

Ladies, pray for your husband.

Your marriage may be good, it may be great. But with God, it can be more.