Greetings Prayer Warriors,
A friend recently shared something she learned:
“In a sacramental
marriage, we don’t keep the vows, the vows keep us.”
Wow! It makes so much sense.
Left to our own devices, no marriage would ever make it. But when two baptized people marry, it is
sacramental, infused with grace. Grace is that special support needed to
weather the hills and valleys of married life.
All a couple has to do is cooperate
with this God given grace.
co·op·er·ate* verb \kō-ˈä-pə-ˌrāt\
: to be helpful by doing what someone asks or
tells you to do
: to act in a way that makes something possible
or likely
: to produce the right conditions for something to
happen
*Merriam-Webster .com
So simple. Yet so
often we selfishly turn inward, as if everything should revolve around our
needs and desires. God asks us to be
child-like in our love, not childish in our behavior.
Lord, we pray for an outpouring of grace on marriages. Release couples from the chains of their
selfish desires and reunite them with the bonds of your love. Make each spouse’s love as pure and
unconditional as yours is toward them.
Bring hope where none remains, and joy to those whose sorrow pierces
their heart. Your light can illuminate
any darkness. Make haste O Lord with
your grace, and give us a spirit of cooperation, that we may glorify and praise
You for your love and mercy!
Lord, you will open my lips; and my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Psalm 51:17
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Let the Lord do the lifting—cooperate! Pass it on!
