Everyone goes through trials, and rough patches now and then. It's nothing to be ashamed of. Sometimes our prayers help us to avoid them. Sometimes not. It's the attitude we have when we go through them that matters most.
Do you think if we are filled with anger or bitterness, or if we insist on complaining and blaming God, things will turn out good??? My answer? probably not.
If we go through our hard times with thankfulness and praise to God, He promises to bring good things despite them, (James 1:2.3)
Maybe I'm the only one, but it has taken (and is still taking) quite a while to come to the above conclusion.
A wife's prayers for her husband during these times may not change some of the things he must go through. after all If we never suffered, what kind of shallow, compassion less, impatient people would we be?
But, I have come to notice that prayer can help him maintain a positive outlook of gratitude, hope, patience, and peace in the midst of it, and keep him from reaping the penalty of a wrong response!!!
Isn't it refreshing to know that we have this power of prayer through Jesus? I think so!
I can't think of any trial that my husband or I have gone through that didn't grow us deeper in the things of God, even though it was miserable to endure at the time and we had little appreciation of where we were headed. But, as we prayed through every rough spot, and still do, we found (find) our faith growing and our walk with God deepening. When our attitudes are right, our love for each other also becomes stronger, and we grow even closer as one with our Father!
If you don't have a regular time of prayer with your husband, I encourage you to do so, if not nightly, maybe weekly! It will change your marriage, your life, and your walk with the Father!
Pray for and with your husband, it is amazing what benefits your family will reap from it!
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