I believe that
marriage is an institution from God.
And with it comes a certainly responsibility to
preserve that which God has joined together. So when
a Christian marriage begins to fall apart, we have
to rely on God's strength to help us get through it.
I'd like to offer Christian marriage advice that can
save your marriage and win back the love of your
spouse when nothing else has worked.
When my
marriage began crumbling a few years ago, divorce
was the furthest thing from my mind. My wife and I
had been married in our church and made a commitment
to each other and to God. I have never believed in
divorce as an answer and was shocked when my wife
started talking about it. I was devastated and
feeling betrayed! If God had joined us together, why
were we falling apart?
And so I did what I had always done in difficult
situations. I prayed to almighty God to help me fix
my problem. This was how I had always prayed. I
prayed for God to do what I wanted him to do! Some
people refer to these as "fox hole prayers" and they
go something like this: "God, if you'll just get me
out of this mess I'm in, I'll never do blah blah
blah again." Although I rarely seemed to get what I
want, I continued to pray that way. It was the only
way I knew how!
It was only when I discovered a new way to pray
that things began to get better in my marriage as
well as in my life. I no longer pray for outcomes.
That's MY will. I only pray now for the knowledge of
GOD's will and the power to carry it out. The impact
that simple prayer has had on my life has been
tremendous.
If you have never prayed this way, I invite you
to do it now. Pray only for the knowledge of God's
will for your marriage and the power to carry it
out. You may find that you don't always get what you
want, but you always get what you need!
