marriage

Recently I found out that a good friend of mine is dealing with her husband choosing to leave his wife and family. My heart ached when I heard the news. It was just a week later that I learned that a friend's sister decided she didn't want to be married anymore. It makes me sad that people can so easily break a covenant with another person and God. I am not passing judgement. I have no idea what it is like to be married. I don't know anything about the challenges and struggles that a married couple have to face. It just seems as if the culture we live in makes it so commonplace to get divorced. It's too easy to escape problems and get divorced. I wish more people would put greater effort into making a marriage work and committing to each other and God to work through problems within the marriage. I felt a sense of loss. I am at a loss for words. How could I possibly comfort someone going through this? There's only one thing I can do. Pray. So I found an empty journal and it became my new prayer journal. I have journaled prayers in the past, but it was just prayers I had for myself. Long ago, I felt it was silly and selfish to pray for myself. Then I realized that it was okay to care about myself and pray for myself. So this new prayer journal will just be my prayers for others. As I was making a list of people and things to pray about I started a list of friends of mine who are married. Outside of teaching, my vocation is a part time wedding guest/bridesmaid. So my list got long pretty quick. In one week alone I got 6 pieces of wedding related mail. Each trip to the mailbox has something. My fridge is running out of available space. I can locate wedding registry items in record time. So I have a long list of married or soon-to-be married couples to pray for.

If there is anything you would like me to pray about, please let me know :)