Marriage Retreat

This weekend Bryan and I are going to be part of a marriage retreat here in Prague. I’m really excited about it! We’ve never done a marriage conference or retreat or anything like this before, so I think it will be really good for us. Also, all of the other couples who will be there are friends of ours and people we really enjoy so I think it will be a really bonding time for all of us as a community as well.

Anyway, if you think of it say a little prayer for us. Pray that each of us there would dive into the depths of our own marriage and walk away from this weekend with a deeper understanding of our spouse and ourselves. Pray that God would bring healing to some of the broken places in each of our lives and marriages. Pray also that true, authentic, and loving community would happen and we would each open ourselves up to our spouse and to the others there in new ways that would bring life and health to us and our larger community.

Christ, King of tenderness Christ, King of tenderness Bind us with a bond that cannot be broken Bind us with a bond of love  that cannot be broken

All we have came only from You, Lord. Everything we hope for will only come from your love. All that we enjoy You gave us freely. Everything we ask for is only Yours to give.

Give us the light to understand. Put fire behind our will. Be at the beginning of all we begin. Excite our love, strengthen our weakness, encompass our desire.

Shield our thoughts, and cradle our bodies, and as we breathe this prayer, in our hearts may we feel Your presences.

Christ, King of tenderness Christ, King of tenderness bind us with a bond that cannot be broken Bind us with a bond of love that cannot be broken.

Amen

Rejoicing in the journey - Beth Stedman

Photograph by Bryan Nelson