Join me in a prayer for our marriages across this nation. Marriage used to be a sacred institution, a blessed event, something amazing, special, unique. it was something you saved yourself for, something you planned on your whole life, something that was worth waiting for.
2 people
joined together
forever
our society has thrown all that out the door. people marry for fun, they check the box on social media as a joke, it is rarely taken seriously anymore.
why?
why protect the institution that marriage has become?
why fight for it?
why worry about it? nobody else is… or so it seems.
the vows, the promises, the words we say during the ceremony and the contract we sign. it does mean something. listen to those vows, listen to what you are promising. listen to what has been spoken, that was agreed upon. those vows are powerful.
I PROMISE to LOVE, CHERISH, HONOR…
in SICKNESS or in health
rich or POOR
FORSAKING ALL others
for how long should we do this?
UNTIL DEATH DO WE PART
DEATH! that’s a pretty big one. how many strive for the finish line? how many put aside selfishness? how many forsake all others? even when they are sick? even when finances strangle us?
our society has confused love with lust and it is killing marriage, it is killing families. although we don’t say killing family, we say that we are just “redefining” family, “redefining” marriage. we are not stopping to think of anyone else. children. society. school. work. how does our redefinition affect these things? society does not care. it only cares that it gets it’s way – it’s freedom to do as it wishes.
Lord, today i pray for marriage.
i pray for those who are in marriages that cannot find that way, that cannot find hope, that do not know how to get back to the beginning. i pray for love to return, for selfishness to dissolve, for someone to come along that can help. i pray that they find a way to rebuild, to refocus, to put past hurts and words behind them. i pray they find You in their brokenness and their sorrow.
i pray for those who are looking for marriage. who feel abandoned, lost, thrown aside. i pray that You would bring people that encourage them, people to comfort them, people to stand with them in their time of need. i pray You bless them this day.
i pray for those strong examples of marriage. i pray that You bless their commitment. i pray that You show their children, their friends, their families, their neighbors, that it is more than just luck which gets them thru each day.
Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.
Today i pray for marriages around the world
and ask that you join me in this prayer.
August 24th, 2012 at 5:31 am
You have such a lovely way of coming to God in prayer, and wow, you wrote all that in 5 minutes? I am impressed, but I can see how very passionate you on this topic and believe it. I am such a slow thinker, I couldn’t do it. I love that you covered all the bases in your prayer: broken marriage, single people, and strong marriages. I certainly join in and pray with you today. Glad I got to stop by and read such a lovely post.
August 24th, 2012 at 5:40 am
Thank you very much for your amazingly kind words. i should confess that i couldn’t stop at 5 minutes and just wrote until i was finished. it’s my first FMF, so very new at this. have a great lovely day and thank you for joining me this fine Friday!
August 24th, 2012 at 7:19 am
Amen, joining you in prayer.
August 24th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
You’re so right… Strong families mean strong societies and strong marriages are the foundation of strong families. It’s a shame that so many people don’t understand what we are all losing when people don’t taken marriage seriously.
August 24th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I love this, and I love your blog … very well written, thank you for sharing
August 25th, 2012 at 5:02 am
Thank you very much.