Greetings Prayer Warriors,
One’s deepest desire in life is to be loved; cherished for
who we are. We search all over hoping to
find that special love, often morphing ourselves into what we think is loveable.
We get married and love conquers all;
well at least initially. As the pendulum
swings between for better and for worse, unconditional love is challenged. In small imperceptible ways, love can slowly
become conditional.
We gradually keep tabs on ways our spouse
‘owes us”, either financially, emotionally, or physically; in sweat equity,
child-rearing time, carpool time, and the list infinitely goes on.
We can easily forget that our salvation came
at a price: Sacrificial Love completely poured out. Because the Lord loves us unconditionally, he
paid a price for us that we can never repay.
He asks that we in turn we don’t ask “repayment” from others, especially
our spouse, in any terms.
Lord, we can never
repay the debt we owe you, as you gave EVERYTHING in order to save us and show
us what real love looks like. Help spouses to both give and receive love
unconditionally. May we love because you
loved us first and gave us the best example. Provide us with all the grace we need.
Amen.
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Love one day at a time. Pass it on!
