Ps.119 Prayer for My Husband

Hopefully, this is somewhat coherent as I haven't had my coffee quite yet. I'm often up at the crack of dawn these days & too excited to sleep since the wedding is 116 days away!! 

I've been thinking about this after a few conversations I've had recently with friends on prayer & singleness. I started this blog in 2011, I believe, when I didn't know what to do with my longing for marriage. Then I came across something that resonated with me, which said instead of denying your longings, use them as a springboard to fuel your prayer life. It felt bold and a little scary to admit out loud that I wanted to be married. And sometimes when I would muster up the courage to give voice to those feelings, a married woman would remind me how difficult marriage was and I should be thankful I get to "be selfish and do whatever I wanted." My jaw dropped hearing those words. And I felt guilty admitting there was something else I deeply wanted when I did enjoy my life, a great job, rich friendships & community, a family I would choose as friends, etc. It seemed selfish to ask God for more when I knew I had so much to be thankful for, but everything in me felt wired to be a wife. That's when I decided to start my Wives Praying Boldly blog as a way to consistently bring my desire for marriage before the Lord and unite both single and married women who desired to support their marriages or future marriages with the foundation of prayer. It gave me a space to share my heart, to be honest about the struggles of being single longer than I had hoped and to keep praying for the husband I believed God had for me. 

"When the day comes that your love story is celebrated by your closest friends and family, you'll know that every prayer was worth it. Every whispered word from a tender heart is precious to God. No request is ignored. No moment spent with your Heavenly Father is wasted. 

You might even wish you had prayed more. Why? Because your prayers are the first gifts you will give to your future husband. Gifts in which heaven participates. Gifts send ahead before the two of you have even met." ~ Praying for Your Future Husband: Preparing Your Heart for His by Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer.

Andrew and I are praying for each other based on verses from Psalm 119. 

Today's prayer is that "the Lord will do good to Andrew according to His Word." (Psalm 119:65)

Join me in prayer for your husband or future husband!