August 13, 2022
I must confess, I truly appreciate our time together more and more. I enjoy communal worship. But…(shameface) three hours of talking with fifteen minutes of singing is a long time. The testimonies were the best part. The woman said something that I absolutely believe. In her testimony, she spoke about being married to an elder in the church for (at least) seven years. She said from day one he was abusing her and she was so depressed that she kept trying to kill herself (for seven years). She didn’t say how long she was married or how the marriage ended. But she remembered a plaque that someone had given her when they got married that said:
Mark 10:9 (KJV) – What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
And she was crying to the Lord that she had to stay with this man for life? And one day she heard him say, “I didn’t put you two together.”
We often use this scripture in an attempt to sanctify all marriage no matter what is happening. And while I believe that with full surrender, a marriage not “ordained” by Yahweh can become sanctified; there are marriages that were not out together by Yahweh and unless both are surrendered to him, it will be broken apart.
Yahweh, you know who you joined together. You know who, even if things look broken now can be restored to you fully. I pray for these marriages. that husband and wife will surrender fully to you. That they would seek you for themselves. That they will desire intimacy with you. Strengthen the marriage of those who are surrendered to you. Heal the hearts of those who are struggling. Restore them to you.
Remember JoeJoe and T. Help them to see you and to trust you. You can join together and restore. Let your will be done in their lives. This is my prayer in the name of Jesus. Amen.
