Greetings Prayer Warriors,
When someone gets married, there are often jokes about the bride and/or groom losing their freedom. Thus the tradition of the bachelor/bachelorette party, the fiance’s last night of freedom, continues on. The question is, however, how is one defining “freedom”?
Pope, now Saint John Paul II, so wisely declared, “Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Unified as one in marriage, you are called to live and work in tandem, to create a beautiful dance, not mirroring each other but complementing the other. Like any amazing duet, it takes practice. Each day, we must affirm our decision to do what we ought. But we need grace if we are to remain persistent in putting in the work to perfect “the dance” .
Be free, yet without using freedom as a pretext for evil, but as slaves of God. 1 Peter 2:16
God will set us free, for if we are honest with ourselves, we are not shackled by a marriage, but our own wounds. If our goal is freedom within our marriage, we must invite the Lord into our woundedness, our fears, our weaknesses, acknowledging we can't be successful without Him.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Lord who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Let us pray for each other's healing; those hidden wounds, those moments of shame, the lies we’ve believed, the fears we’ve embraced. All those things that block us from becoming one with our spouse. Holy Spirit, come! Dispel the darkness and bring your healing grace. Grant us the freedom to love as we ought!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Prayer is the pathway to freedom. Pass it on!
