Day 16--Prayer

I had the priviledge of praying specifically for my wife throughout the day today. What a refresher. Normally I don't spend time in prayer and almost never do I take time to pray for my wife's needs. We have been doing much more specific prayer times together for the last two weeks and this has been a great pattern to establish. I picked three specific areas to pray for and as my day unfolded I was able to think about her much more often and be intentional regarding my thoughts. When I was driving from place to place I would spend time praying for her needs and wants. It prompted me to want to call her and check in. She is in a very challenging period in her business and I'm committed to assisting her. I now realize that my committment through prayer is just as important. It opened my heart to better feel her struggles and desire for God to help her to reach her goals. I also prayed specifically for our marriage and "oneness." We had a teaching a couple of weeks ago at church that talked about "oneness." I've felt periods in our marriage when we were moving as one, but more often I've felt like two of us moving horizontally to each other. We've had the same goals, but not worked in unison to complete them. My experience yesterday confirms my belief that putting God in the center of our marriage is an essential way to promote oneness in our marriage. I want more oneness. Thank you God for allowing me to be in a committed, loving, giving, open, honest, and rewarding relationship. Thank you God for giving me a heart of surrender and service to my wife. Continue to use our marriage as a testimony to others and may we (Ken and I) never forget that you desire us to be as one.