Compassion in MarriageSample

Compassion calls for quiet. It is within this gift of stillness and silence that you validate the sting. You don’t try to fix it. You don’t try to wipe it away. You simply allow it, and in allowing it - you soothe it.

If only we lived in a world where every spouse was as wise as this contest winning four-year-old boy. If we did, we would see many more satisfying marriages than we do now. Healed marriages. Happy marriages. Uplifted. Understood. We would also hear a lot less complaining while experiencing a lot more embracing. Who knows, we might even usher in some of our own Lazarus-level resurrections as well. Resurrections of dreams, hopes, hearts and homes. Compassion goes a long way, like the calming effect of the breeze on a hot day.

Use this guided prayer as a catalyst for your own prayer in seeking greater compassion and gentleness in your marriage, or feel free to pray it in its entirety.

 Prayer

Dear Father, I desire a deeper level of compassion between my spouse and I. It is easy to take each other for granted and overlook hurts, disappointments or fears the other is facing. Enlarge our level of care for each other in such a way that gentleness and a spirit of compassion become the norm between us. 

You have brought us together as vessels of love for each other. Keep us from the temptations of distraction so that we are present with each other, and our moments are comprised of compassion. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Related Resource: There is hope for all marriages & the door to that hope is prayer. Bruce Wilkinson and Heather Hair have partnered together to join you on your prayer journey, offering guided prayers, meditative principles and a pattern for ongoing prayer. Impact your marriage, one prayer at a time, with "Prayers of Blessing Over Your Husband."  You can also find daily prayer posts on IG: @capandbuttercup

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