![]() I had insecurities welling up inside that I was an inadequate wife, unable to please my husband. I also didn’t feel like there was enough trust within relationships to share such intimate details of our life. I didn’t want to talk about my issue too much with others. There were a handful of times over the course of 4 years that sex didn’t hurt as bad, but it was definitely far less than satisfying. I began avoiding intimacy with my husband and eventually he stopped pursuing me, injured by the blow of my rejections. We knew that something was keeping us from experiencing sex, but we struggled to find even a clue.ĭespite the doctors telling me I am as healthy as can be, pain inflamed my body during almost every sexual encounter. We researched what we could on the Internet, I begged my doctor to give me bad news, and we even compromised boundaries during our pursuit. Hopelessness incurred daily, as our lack of intimacy forced us into isolation. When I say we tried everything, we pretty much tried everything! We both had a desire to experience an amazing sex life in marriage, however, disappointment set in as time began passing us by and our situation did not progress. The act of intercourse was nearly impossible for me, as excruciating pain inflamed my lower regions. My husband and I were not fulfilled sexually, which amplified other areas of our marriage. The first four years of our marriage were wearisome, heartbreaking and even devastating. Our excitement and anxiousness to get married fed our courage to say those two little words! After the party dissolved and we made our getaway, the reality of our responsibilities as husband and wife sank in, as well as the truth about sex! The commitment didn’t seem difficult at the time, I was head over heels in love, and we were both eager to fulfill our relationship having saved sex for marriage. In January 2007, I said “I Do” in front of our closest family and friends. ![]() Discover through Jennifer’s story how God can bring you through it all to a place of transformation. If you are feeling disappointment or even despair about your marriage, the heart-cry of this book is: You are not alone. How did Jennifer and her husband survive the painful times? What did they do when they were tempted to call it quits? How did God miraculously step in during the darkest hour to rescue and redeem them, tearing down the veil once and for all? The Unveiled Wife is a real-life love story one couple’s refreshingly raw, transparent journey touching the deep places in a marriage that only God can reach. It was as if a veil had descended between her and her husband, and between her and God―one that kept her from experiencing the fullness of love. ![]() Trapped by fear and insecurity, and feeling totally alone, Jennifer cried out to God: Instead, they were marked by disappointment and pain. But the first years of marriage were nothing like she’d imagined. She dreamed of closeness, of being fully known and loved by her husband. I pray that our love for each other continues to grow deeper and deeper everyday.As a young bride, Jennifer Smith couldn’t wait to build her life with the man she adored. Holy Spirit walk with my husband today, call out his name and reveal yourself to him. God I ask that you would protect our marriage, keeping Satan and his ways far from our family. May your characteristics manifest in him as he grows in his relationship with you. I pray that he is the spiritual leader of our family that you have called him to be. ![]() Heal my husband and give him a strong desire to seek after you. Lord, if (insert husband’s name) is struggling with anything, specifically (insert a struggle) please remove it from him. Keep words of disappointment and regret, likes from the enemy, far from me. Give me a discerning spirit and the courage to speak truth into my husband’s life, which will encourage him. Help me to understand that my expectations for my husband may never be met, that he is human and capable of sin. I pray that you would equip both my husband and I with whatever we are lacking so that we may bless each other and be a beautiful example of a healthy marriage to other couples. Please show me how to be a joyful wife, a compassionate wife, a humble wife, and a truly forgiving wife. You have given us an opportunity to love each other unconditionally and sometimes that is hard to do, but I ask Lord that you would help us to love like you love. Thank you for trusting us with each other’s hearts, blessing us with the the covenant of marriage. I am so blessed and grateful for my life and for my husband’s life. I am so undeserving, yet you pursue me daily! Thank you for your grace and for your perfect provision. Thank you for your unconditional love for me. A Wife’s Prayer for Her Husband – This prayer came from Unveiled Wife and it is simply a wife’s prayer for her husband and their marriage. ![]()
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