Prayer Thoughts for the Heart

One morning at our church, during our Thursday morning prayer time, a young woman said to me. “I have been thinking that God wants me to divorce my husband”.

I was shocked and couldn’t believe what she was saying to me. She and her husband had three children, came to church, and seemed happy.

I ask her if her husband was abusive to her or the children and she said no. I then asked if she or her husband were having an affair and she said no. As we talked on about her situation, I could see that she just wanted her freedom.

After we had prayer for her and others, I told her that God didn’t want her to divorce her husband, but that the ideas of the world were making her think this way.

I felt bad that she was unhappy and our prayer was that she could see and do what God really wanted her to do. When children are involved, there is much more to consider than just self.

They moved away from our area and I don’t know what happened in this situation. However, I hope that she heard from God, worked on her marriage, learned to love again, and kept the family unit intact.

She had made a commitment when she was in love and got married. The most important thing to remember is the commitment that we make to each other. We will fall in and out of love and if there is no commitment then what. We have to work at keeping our love alive and well.

“Delight yourself in the Lord; and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4 NIV).