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Prayer Request - Newlyweds
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Prayer Request: Newlyweds
Today I met newlyweds. I guessed they were newlyweds while they were kissing at the elevator. I do not know their names. We casually talked on the way down the nine floors. On my second trip down, I met them again. I knew I was supposed to talk to them.
This time, they were carrying flowers. I asked about them. She said that some were from her birthday and some were from her wedding. She said they were married on Saturday. I congratulated her in that enthusiastic way that you talk to the newly married.
She looked sad and said it was no big deal. They had lived together for six years and this did not really feel any different. At her wedding, most people just said, “it is about time.” She said she felt kind of silly making such a deal about it after being together six years.
I asked why they waited so long. The wife said she did not really know except they had not finished college. They still are not finished with school so she also did not know why they got married now. Her husband looked sheepish and she admitted that she wanted to get married long before now. She said her mother is happy that they finally got married.
I felt such sadness for these young people. I remembered the excitement of my wedding. It was a very big deal. Living with my husband was much different than living with my parents. I was scared, shy, and excited all at the same time. There was much to learn and so much new to experience. This couple cheated themselves out of this. This new wife clearly feels the pain of that.
God’s way is ordained for our happiness. He orders our steps for a reason. This couple changed the order and one of them is unhappy about it.
I looked at them and said that I was there celebrating my 31st anniversary. I shared that God and church were the secret to my 31 years of love.
I asked about their convictions. They looked at each other. She is Christian. He said he probably was not but he was not sure. They do not go to church. She wants to go but has not pushed him. She looked sad about that as well.
I told them how important church was to my marriage and my personal relationship with God. Church teaches how to love and how to be married. They took my card and said they would look at the website.
This young lady knows what is right. She knows what she is missing by her current choices. She longs for what she once had.
I believe that if she does not return to her faith, her marriage is not going to last. I believe that she has already started blaming her new husband for her unhappiness and her guilt.
Please pray for this couple. I feel such a burden for them. They love each other. They seem like good people. They can begin a new life with God right now.
If the husband does not know if he is a Christian, he is not a Christian. Pray for him to find Jesus.
This wife knows the joy of Christian love and she longs for it in her marriage. She has buried it as she tried to go along with worldly things but she longs for it. Pray for the wife to return to her Jesus and to her convictions.
Pray that she will be able to take responsibility for her guilt and then let go of it.
Pray that she will not blame her husband.
Pray that she will accept the grace of God.
Pray for their love and for their marriage.
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