Praying For Failure

On our wedding day, my father-in-law prayed over us and said, “Lord, give them enough hurts to keep them humane and enough failures to keep their hands clenched tightly in Yours.”

I was embarrassed he prayed for hurts and failures in our wedding ceremony! However, now I understand the beauty of those lines; our life could have been very self-focused on our plans.

But God wanted so much more from us. He didn’t bring us together simply to build a life that would make us happy. He brought us together to be partners in His purpose.

The pain that we’ve experienced has served to make us more compassionate, more others focused and best of all, it’s unlocked a deeper purpose for our marriage.

We’ve been able to use the things we learned in our hard times to help others find hope and healing in their marriages.

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