If My Heart Could Write

It would have written the exact prayer at the end of the first chapter in Praying Wife.
Most definitely written by a woman scarred from marriage.  Except that wasn't the Lord's plan for us wives...to come together and share our scars from marriage.  His plan is for us to teach each other how to make marriage work successfully...happily...joyfully...in harmony. 
Can it happen?  I wholeheartedly believe it can, it has already begin in our marriage.
The prayer started out like many other written-book-prayers.  Believing in the words, lacking the emotion of reality.  The end; however, a lump had grown in my throat and upon swallowing, the tears began.  Not of saddness of the state of our marriage, our marriage is nothing to be sad about.  I was rejoicing.  How wonderful it is to know the very first chapter in this book was exactly what the Lord had already begun working in me. 
The reality of the prayer and how it can transform one's marriage is amazing.  The words spoke direcly to my heart:
"...overlooking each other's faults and weakeness for the greater good of the marriage."  (p.45)  How often I have picked apart the things that irritate me about my husband, longing for the days when everything he did was cute.  Returning to that life is easier than I thought.  Just don't say anything.  Yes, initially it's difficult...he knows I'm working on it and thankfully he appreciates my efforts.  We'll just smile and eventually it leads to laughter.  God is tranforming us.  Certainly me complaining to my husband wasn't a help, laying my issues at the cross of Christ helps.  Immensely. 
I would like to devote today in reflection of the prayers I had written in the book. 
Tomorrow, I start a new chapter in the book.  HIS WORK.  While I respect my husband for working, while he's not a workaholic, while he's not a lazy man, we still need help in this arena and how to deal with the demands of his job...together, as one.